History of Coffee - Documentary

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  • čas přidán 13. 03. 2021
  • In this video, we take a look at the history behind one of the world's most beloved beverages.
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Komentáře • 1,1K

  • @Fireoflearning
    @Fireoflearning  Před 2 lety +144

    Correction - Coffee is not grown on soil that once was a part of the Amazon rainforest, but in other parts of the country.

    • @tramonte
      @tramonte Před 2 lety +6

      Better late than never.

    • @gmccrate
      @gmccrate Před 2 lety +3

      Nonetheless, there are shaded coffee farms in the Amazon. Apuí is known to grow a lot of shaded coffee. It aint really good, but its good business practice to have shade coffee, keep the forest standing and still get a buzz.

    • @kariannecrysler640
      @kariannecrysler640 Před 2 lety

      Brilliant lol

    • @ednertorres
      @ednertorres Před 2 lety +2

      I was going to point out this very mistake. Glad I found your comment about It.

    • @hanstubben
      @hanstubben Před 2 lety +5

      Coffee was and is grown in São Paulo 's Mata Atlântico (Atlantic Forrest) and Minas Gerais had dairy farms. As there were two main players in politics it became known as the coffee and milk politics.

  • @JaelaOrdo
    @JaelaOrdo Před 3 lety +408

    “Can’t let the Muslims have all the caffeinated fun.”
    - Pope Clement VIII

    • @whoscatimi7590
      @whoscatimi7590 Před 2 lety +2

      Lol

    • @esto85
      @esto85 Před 2 lety

      hahahahahahh

    • @ledeyabaklykova
      @ledeyabaklykova Před 2 lety +3

      Papal Bull

    • @loke6664
      @loke6664 Před 2 lety +2

      Or more likely he found that it kept him awake during long boring meetings in the Vatican.
      Besides, forbidding food and drink because "Muslims eat and drink it" is so daft that no one would buy it.
      I do enjoy that German king who preferred his subjects drunk instead of caffeinated though, a true renaissance man. :)

    • @hepatitis
      @hepatitis Před 2 lety +6

      Hahaha according to legend this is what he said: "This devil's drink ks delicious, let's cheat the devil and baptize it." Christians after the siege in Vienna by the Ottomans were wondering why their enemies could keep up all night without feeling tired. Coffee was the answer and now, it is the most well known drink i the whole world with many like me addicted to it (like i get semi withdrawal symptoms if my day goes without it 🥴 )

  • @doubledouble4g379
    @doubledouble4g379 Před 3 lety +81

    I have coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon and evening, and beer on my days off.

    • @stefan6347
      @stefan6347 Před 2 lety +7

      The life.

    • @nikitahichoii482
      @nikitahichoii482 Před 2 lety +7

      The madman

    • @davidjames666
      @davidjames666 Před 2 lety +2

      I just drink the beers. coffee makes me schit in my panties

    • @destayudistira2209
      @destayudistira2209 Před 2 lety +4

      I have coffee in the morning, earl grey tea in the afternoon and hot chocolate before sleep

    • @zzzarkka
      @zzzarkka Před 2 lety +6

      Columbia just wants to wake the world up with coffee and cocaine.

  • @youngmasterzhi
    @youngmasterzhi Před 2 lety +53

    Fun fact: Since the first early coffeehouses were favorite hangouts for intellects, these places were also colloquially known as "penny universities"

    • @gtbkts
      @gtbkts Před 2 lety +1

      The more you know. Thanks!

    • @rootedorganically4911
      @rootedorganically4911 Před 2 lety

      Put a whole been up your but it’ll last longer

    • @slightlyamusedblackkidfrom9153
      @slightlyamusedblackkidfrom9153 Před 2 měsíci

      coffee seems to still be a big part of intellectuals, on periodic table of videos channel, in a video i cant remember exactly sir poliakoff mentions that most of the chemists spitball ideas and have eureka moments in the coffee/break room.

  • @Liphted
    @Liphted Před 3 lety +117

    I grew up on a coffee plantation for four years. It was in the middle of the jungle in the western interior of Puerto Rico, at the time I kinda hated it but looking back it was actually pretty cool.

    • @cosmo3665
      @cosmo3665 Před 2 lety +8

      Plot twist: Daddy Yankee was the plantation owner

    • @whidoineedthis
      @whidoineedthis Před 2 lety

      Slavery is great when you finally just accept it

    • @Liphted
      @Liphted Před 2 lety +5

      Guys we ain't talking about y'all's lives.

    • @xr500t
      @xr500t Před 2 lety +3

      @@Liphted My grandfather's farm in the mountains of Coamo was a coffee plantation. As an FYI, Americans hated the Puerto Ricans because we did not bend to their ways, as told by my grandfather who was born in the late 1800's...... (I only added this because you got some weird ass comments to your initial observation)

    • @steampour
      @steampour Před 2 lety +2

      That's really cool!

  • @paracelsius1
    @paracelsius1 Před 3 lety +375

    Attention: in Brazil, historiically and even now, coffee was not cultivated in the Amazonic region, but rather in other biomas like the Cerrado or Atlantic Jungle.

    • @racudo1898
      @racudo1898 Před 3 lety +26

      Vim aqui apontar isso também, o pessoal acha que aqui só tem floresta amazônica

    • @bodives
      @bodives Před 3 lety +4

      @@racudo1898 hehe tbm vim aqui pra falar a mesma coisa

    • @BraulioSchiffino
      @BraulioSchiffino Před 3 lety +14

      @@geomidia8998 acho que não é tão merecido de constrangimento hahaha normal que gringos achem que no Brasil tudo se planta na Floresta Amazônica.
      O que é péssimo para o caso da Mata Atlântica, que nessa confusão toda acaba esquecida e literalmente extinta tanto do imaginário coletivo quanto da vida real.

    • @IzabelParis
      @IzabelParis Před 3 lety +2

      Ótimo que vcs vieram corrigir isso! 👍

    • @dipikasehgal1787
      @dipikasehgal1787 Před 3 lety

      @@racudo1898
      9,0o9
      Moò

  • @talentless2048
    @talentless2048 Před 3 lety +910

    the fact that I'm watching this while drinking coffee

    • @bracketd_oom2033
      @bracketd_oom2033 Před 3 lety +12

      Same

    • @goji3908
      @goji3908 Před 3 lety +17

      COINCIDENCE I THINK NOT

    • @ragnarokgalaxy9510
      @ragnarokgalaxy9510 Před 3 lety +13

      We are legion

    • @jps0117
      @jps0117 Před 3 lety +13

      I was drinking alcohol and switched to coffee around @6:00. Fire of Learning changed my life.

    • @HeyMrAlexander
      @HeyMrAlexander Před 3 lety +7

      Do you all live in the Western Hemisphere? Go to bed!

  • @guilhermewessler9704
    @guilhermewessler9704 Před 3 lety +258

    14:25 Just a small correction: the main regions used for coffee production in Brazil are in Southeastern Brazil, nowhere near the Amazon rainforest, which would be very unaccessible in the following years of Brazilian independence. Anyway, excellent video!

    • @shac9131
      @shac9131 Před 2 lety +2

      I'd like to state another correction. Coffee is not a safe drug. It's addictive for most and most have withdrawals when absent from it and speeds up heart rate to which can lead to an attack for some. List goes on n on....

    • @Rob-mr4hg
      @Rob-mr4hg Před 2 lety +2

      And also the fact they gave Arabs the credit of drinking coffee, and said African were just chewing it lol smdh

    • @jonkiyosaki6600
      @jonkiyosaki6600 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes true they destroyed the Mata Atlantica. They dont grow coffee in the Amazon

    • @dennislucas8869
      @dennislucas8869 Před 2 lety +7

      @@shac9131 actually coffee is a safe drug as it leaves little to no consequence after quiting it. People tend to feel a bit sleepier after quiting it but after a few days they are back to normal, and also coffee has health benefits

    • @hey.hombre
      @hey.hombre Před 2 lety +5

      @@shac9131 Coffee is a safe drug for the most part. It all depends on your age and health. I wouldn't give coffee to an infant or someone on life support. Unless you consumed high amounts of concentrated caffeine with a heart issue there is not danger. Water is not dangerous unless you decide to drink gallons of water a day. That's not good either.

  • @lugialover09
    @lugialover09 Před 3 lety +72

    Funnily enough, tea is actually a much more common drink in Turkey than coffee due to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and loss of Yemen which meant it then had to be imported rather than produced internally.

    • @richiethev4623
      @richiethev4623 Před 2 lety +4

      I love the method though how turks make coffee it always taste delicious 😋☕👍 -Mercy(sorry for the name confusion I am on my dad's phone at the moment)

    • @jamies7899
      @jamies7899 Před 2 lety

      but isn’t tea imported from India?

    • @lugialover09
      @lugialover09 Před 2 lety +12

      @@jamies7899 Nope, Turkey gets a lot of its own tea domestically, primarily in the Rize province in northeast Turkey alongside the Black Sea.

    • @jamies7899
      @jamies7899 Před 2 lety +2

      @@lugialover09 Thanks, now I’m wondering if they have an indigenous rice strain, too. Off to Google …

    • @skinfan2806
      @skinfan2806 Před 2 lety +1

      In Iraq as well, my dad always preferred tea over coffee

  • @monarchblue4280
    @monarchblue4280 Před 3 lety +64

    When you're about to go to sleep but Fire of Learning uploads ; sparking a need for caffeine to stay awake.

  • @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505
    @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 Před 3 lety +178

    Coffee originated in Ethiopia and was spread to the world by Somali merchants who exported the coffee to the ottoman ruled yemen, Egypt etc through the Somali coastal cities of Zeila and Berbera

    • @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505
      @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 Před 3 lety +10

      @Ghost Ghost when coffee was sent to yemen by Somali merchants through Somali coastal cities in zeila and berbera which were the only export hubs for all of central and Eastern Ethiopia and the northern somali lands, at this time, yemen was still under direct and complete ottoman rule

    • @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505
      @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 Před 3 lety +6

      @Ghost Ghost Mocha was very dependent on imported coffee beans from present-day Ethiopia, which was exported by Somali merchants from Berbera across the Gulf of Aden. The Berbera merchants procured most of the coffee from the environs of Harar and shipped them off in their own vessels during the Berbera trading season. According to Captain Haines, who was the colonial administrator of Aden (1839-1854), Mocha historically imported up to two-thirds of their coffee from Berbera-based merchants before the coffee trade of Mocha was captured by British-controlled Aden in the 19th century.[6][7]

    • @M1ndfulJourney
      @M1ndfulJourney Před 3 lety +20

      @Ghost Ghost why u guys always stealing Ethiopian history?

    • @gymrat5014
      @gymrat5014 Před 3 lety +3

      Yemeni Merchants were the ones dominating the coffee trade for centuries.

    • @bircruz555
      @bircruz555 Před 3 lety +4

      @@M1ndfulJourney Good point. It soon will emerge that coffee, including brewed coffee, was known to the Egyptians of the New Kingdom period, c. 1500 B.C.E. Hatshepsut's expedition to Abyssinia was driven by coffee, not by frankincense, which was widely sourced in several parts of Africa and Arabia. Egyptology seems to be confused.

  • @cosmo3665
    @cosmo3665 Před 3 lety +100

    I’m Colombian, I was practically bottle-feed coffee ☕️

    • @sakabula1285
      @sakabula1285 Před 2 lety +4

      Only coffee???😉😂😂

    • @cosmo3665
      @cosmo3665 Před 2 lety +8

      @@sakabula1285 haha did some of the booger sugar when I was in my twenties, Colombia’s finest 🤣🤣🤣

    • @cogitoergosumsc5717
      @cogitoergosumsc5717 Před 2 lety +6

      When I was just a baby, my Grandma put a little bit of coffee, a little bit of sugar and she filled it up with milk in my bottle. I was a happy baby! ☕

    • @richiethev4623
      @richiethev4623 Před 2 lety +4

      Yesss my mom is from Colombia I am American of Colombian/mexican & native american blood but anyhow yes I remember it was sometime in the mid 90's I was 7 or 8 and my mom shared her coffee with me and my aunt(my moms sister) would allow me to drink coffee so I was introduced to the beautiful black liquid at a ripe young age☕😍🤗 -Mercy(sorry for the name confusion I am on my dad's phone at the moment)

    • @dawnsmart8283
      @dawnsmart8283 Před 2 lety +1

      I love Colombian coffee!

  • @Vibeshifter01
    @Vibeshifter01 Před rokem +6

    This man needs more subs, he explains with good details, a calm voice with a good background. Does not overwhelm us with flashy animation and background music of a rave.

  • @willypro4949
    @willypro4949 Před 3 lety +20

    History of Cocoa please. Ecuador deserves some love :(

  • @Darjeelingla
    @Darjeelingla Před 3 lety +18

    Ethiopian coffee ritual, and cultural/social rituals enhance the flavor. Of course.

  • @coffee5981
    @coffee5981 Před 3 lety +11

    My name's Coffee and I approve this message.

  • @ecmpinho
    @ecmpinho Před 2 lety +18

    The region in Brazil where coffe plantations florished was Vale do Paraíba (an area inbetween Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais), as far away from Amazon as Moscow is from Rome.

  • @AydinProductionsLtd
    @AydinProductionsLtd Před 2 lety +34

    The interesting part for me as someone that was born in Turkey but grew up in Canada was seeing that the style of Turkish coffee as it's widely known was something my parents had when family or friends visited rather than the regular coffee that we drink today as a daily drink. It was accompanied by a Turkish sweet like Baklava or Lokumm (Turkish Delight.) The main difference that I discovered with Turkish coffee compared to Syrian, middle east coffee was that they added cardamom. The most interesting thing is Turkey doesn't produce coffee but grows tea and it is consumed more than probably most Europeans and even the Brits don't drink as much Tea as Turks do! I think the best thing about Turkish coffee in Turkey is the way of roasting it and grinding it that really is different compared and probably made the difference in the consumption of it and being loved by Europeans. Now of course we have many varieties of coffee drinks but it would have started somewhere in the sense of making it palatable or interesting .

    • @SIXNINEONEFOUR
      @SIXNINEONEFOUR Před 9 měsíci

      absolutely, the people of Turkey love their coffee and having tasted it myself ... mm mm delicious

    • @TunaCelik-ku8gi
      @TunaCelik-ku8gi Před 9 měsíci +1

      Not the arabs the Turks actually discovered first coffee and after a while they forbid it while ppl couldn sleep and they had a disturbed nights. From there it was going around the world. So it was not the arabs it was the Turks/Ottomans.

    • @SIXNINEONEFOUR
      @SIXNINEONEFOUR Před 8 měsíci

      These are all some very interesting comments, think ill have a coffee while i read them lol

    • @oxct3621
      @oxct3621 Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@TunaCelik-ku8gi Arabs are the ones who made coffee as a drink while Ethiopia discovered coffee remember that coffee is Turkish in origin Arab do not steal the history of Arabs please

  • @EUSA1776
    @EUSA1776 Před 3 lety +48

    No frills, good pacing, highly informative, clearly written. Hell of a documentary, many mugs to you sir.

  • @notquiteatory971
    @notquiteatory971 Před 3 lety +19

    “Acquired them while in the city of mocca”
    Ha mocca...coffee

    • @alanscott1012
      @alanscott1012 Před 2 lety +2

      Lol I searched the comments for exactly this 🤣

  • @AJtheBlue18
    @AJtheBlue18 Před 3 lety +251

    Probably won’t see this but if you ever make another food related history video I think I’d be cool to go over American foods that were brought over to the old world during the columbian exchange and their impact on the worlds diets.

    • @mapleham5633
      @mapleham5633 Před 3 lety +12

      I think he saw this

    • @dalermehndi4663
      @dalermehndi4663 Před 3 lety +10

      Agreed! Food history is very interesting!

    • @SuperPineappleBomb
      @SuperPineappleBomb Před 3 lety +12

      Potatoes are interesting. They have been associated heavily with the Irish and are a key part of many European dishes that are considered 'traditional cuisine'

    • @jsgwam
      @jsgwam Před 3 lety +10

      @@SuperPineappleBomb well not only potatoes just look at the first to colonise the Americas the spanish and Portuguese. Many of the most traditional dishes in these countries include, tomatoes,peppers,chilies and also potatoes. Despite these foods only coming to them so recently in their history.

    • @DJmonAtomic
      @DJmonAtomic Před 3 lety +1

      @@jsgwam because history is bs

  • @ddobry21
    @ddobry21 Před 2 lety +9

    I can't imagine a world without coffee. I drink about 3 or 4 cups per day and thoroughly enjoy it.

  • @edwardauerbach8036
    @edwardauerbach8036 Před 3 lety +126

    You forgot to mention that General Meigs, The Quartermaster General of the Union Army gave his soldiers a coffee ration during the American Civil War. He felt that the increased energy from the coffee made the soldiers better fighters. Due to the Union embargo, Confederate soldiers could not get coffee. Those rebel soldiers on picket duty would often trade tobacco for coffee with their Union counterparts.

    • @K2mtp
      @K2mtp Před 2 lety +3

      @Russell Weber glad you stopped in the share with all of us.

    • @K2mtp
      @K2mtp Před 2 lety

      @Russell Weber thanks again I really appreciate it.

    • @koolmckool7039
      @koolmckool7039 Před 2 lety

      @Russell Weber While, yes, tobacco is a terrible habit, coffee is probably not really bad at all.

    • @derp195
      @derp195 Před 2 lety +2

      @Russell Weber You sound unpleasant to be around.

    • @derp195
      @derp195 Před 2 lety

      @Russell Weber lol

  • @Maysoon3121
    @Maysoon3121 Před rokem +6

    Wild coffee plants, probably from Kefa (Kaffa), Ethiopia, were taken to southern Arabia and placed under cultivation in the 15th century. The popularity of coffee in the Arab world led to the creation of the coffeehouse, first in Mecca and then in Constantinople in the 15th and 16th centuries, respectively. Coffee was introduced into one European country after another throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.

    • @thinkandthank7406
      @thinkandthank7406 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Coffee beans are called Buna in Amharic and Bon in Arabic. As for the word kefa or kaffa , it comes from the origin of the Arabic word qahwa, which means alcohol in ancient Arabic.

  • @JamesRDavenport
    @JamesRDavenport Před 2 lety +8

    As someone who has had coffee from an early age practically through an IV, I can tell you I couldn't get through post migraine pain without it.

  • @cassianoneto1553
    @cassianoneto1553 Před 3 lety +100

    Brazil: King of Coffee, I like the ring of it.

    • @Cilvathorne
      @Cilvathorne Před 3 lety +3

      Wouldn’t wanna go there but it’s a great name

    • @unserkatzenland8884
      @unserkatzenland8884 Před 3 lety

      Vietnam and Columbia: soon, soooooooooooon:))

    • @shadowwarrior2030
      @shadowwarrior2030 Před 3 lety +1

      Are you sure it's not Seattle?

    • @thinkpositive550
      @thinkpositive550 Před 2 lety +3

      @@shadowwarrior2030 POSITIVE!!!!!! "Seattle's Best" was a decent brew when competing with Starfucks, but it's been over a decade since I have tasted either. Thanks God I live in Central America and have really great coffee, from both here and South America.

  • @miguelmontenegro3520
    @miguelmontenegro3520 Před 3 lety +68

    The downside of living in Brazil or Colômbia, is that you're probably addicted to coffee and can't sleep.
    Worth it though.

    • @adamjohnson2914
      @adamjohnson2914 Před 3 lety +34

      Coffee aint the only stimulant keeping people up there, lol.

    • @ofthecaribbean
      @ofthecaribbean Před 3 lety +10

      Coffee is better than cocaine

    • @miguelmontenegro3520
      @miguelmontenegro3520 Před 3 lety +10

      @@adamjohnson2914 Fortunately (and unfortunately) the majority of the drugs dont stay here. They are exported to Europe and North America.

    • @VikingTeddy
      @VikingTeddy Před 3 lety +6

      Coffee doesn't make falling asleep difficult if you're addicted. Quite the contrary actually.

    • @Vini-zv3lr
      @Vini-zv3lr Před 3 lety +6

      ''Oh, you think coffee is your ally. But you merely adopted the coffee, I was born in it, moulded by it!''
      - The Brazilian People, circa 1850
      Jokes aside, me and most people I know drink it everyday and don't suffer many side effects. It's just a matter of limiting your consumption and not drinking it at night.

  • @Facelessbuster
    @Facelessbuster Před 3 lety +32

    I have been a lover of your videos for the longest time and listening to your stuff has seriously helped me adore history more and more. I used to only interested in Greek history because I liked Greek Mythology but after seeing your Rome documentaries, I started branching out and every time you make a new “History of...” video, I am all over it. I recently spoke with my mother about the history of Spain and Al-Andalus because she saw me watching your video on Spain. I just have to say that it is honestly a lovely feeling watching your videos and I am proud to be a supporter. Keep up the great work!

    • @Fireoflearning
      @Fireoflearning  Před 3 lety +3

      Thank you for your support!

    • @ra8682ra
      @ra8682ra Před 3 lety +1

      @@Fireoflearning Galla is a derogatory term. The name is Oromo.

  • @byronlee8745
    @byronlee8745 Před rokem +6

    I started drinking coffee when I was 17. Been drinking it ever since. The fact that humans have been drinking it for centuries... that's really interesting stuff!
    New subscriber here!

  • @Iamtheliquor
    @Iamtheliquor Před 2 lety +3

    Watching this whilst enjoying a nice cup of Yorkshire Tea🇬🇧

  • @vitormateusrigotti7178
    @vitormateusrigotti7178 Před 3 lety +38

    Great video! I watched it drinking my morning coffee, btw!!
    As a Brazilian I only have one little correction to make. Coffee was never grown in the Amazon. Most of coffee production came (and still come) from the southeast, around São Paulo. The region was covered by the Atlantic Forest, not the Amazon

    • @edneydenis7856
      @edneydenis7856 Před 2 lety +2

      Acho que foi uma pequena confusão que foi feita. O Café no Brasil foi introduzido primeiro na Amazônia (Estado do Pará), porém não se adaptou bem a região e acabou sendo cultivado nos arredores do Rio de Janeiro anos depois, aí sim foi cultivado em larga escala, destruindo grandes extensões da mata atlântica e se espalhando por todo o Sudeste.

  • @CarlosDiaz-hf3qv
    @CarlosDiaz-hf3qv Před 2 lety +8

    I totally understand why coffeehouses were associated with Rosseau, the Enlightenment, and the hangouts for intellects in the XVIII Century. I remember those particular evenings with my study group classmates during my days as an RT trainee, where we had to cram protocols, meds to be administered during a specific procedure, sutures, intubation, isolation procedures (especially during a Pandemic)...we would not have aced all those exams as a group if we did not have a strong pot of coffee with us at the time. One of our classmates was an Ethiopian student, and, ohhh man...I don't care what anybody's particular pride in their national coffee is, nothing prepares you to explain the function of ATP in the synthesis of O2 and the breakdown of CO2 and the process of its transport to the lungs in exchange for more O2--"essay due at my desk by 08:A.M."--like a cup of Ethiopian Coffee at 02:A.M. the previous day. I love those challenging times...If we would not have our friend Wa'Ali to prepare that miraculous coffee for us while we were cramming, I don't know how we would have made it through ER (Nursing) school.

  • @mknewlan67
    @mknewlan67 Před 2 lety +8

    My coffee journey started at 15, that’s all dad and I would drink and since it was just the 2 of us nobody told us differently. By the time I got out of the army I was up to 4 pots a day. Only other thing I drank was beer on weekends. Never had trouble sleeping either, I think because I started young. Now at 55 I drink 1 maybe 2 cups a day.

    • @MrAnperm
      @MrAnperm Před 2 lety

      You should try to quit caffeine for a month. I did and it rolled me for 8 days.
      It will show you how dependent your brain has become on the drug.

  • @ecsays
    @ecsays Před 2 lety +7

    Dear Justin, I enjoy your videos and encourage you to keep up the good work. As someone who was born and raised in Ethiopia, I was slightly dismayed at the lack of mention two things: 1. the name of the province where the coffee plant originated is Kaffa and it is the origin of the qwavha in Arabic (drink from berries), it was called that by Arabs by association. They also called the coffee beans "Kaffa Beans" and the root "kaf" is present in almost all languages in referrence to coffee (kafe, café, coffee, kahve, kohi, kopi etc.) EXCEPT in Amharic (Ethiopian). 2. the name for coffee in Amharic (Ethiopia) is buna (pronounced boona) and it is also the same word used to describe the colour brown. You do mention "bun" being used by Arabs but the origin of the word is most likely Ethiopian. Please consider to check these points and incopropate the next time you re-make this video. Thank you

    • @bid9086
      @bid9086 Před rokem +2

      Crazy right?
      How do you glance over the very source of the stuff.

    • @keshi5541
      @keshi5541 Před rokem +1

      @@bid9086 Can't give any credit to Africa.

    • @martinalarcon3108
      @martinalarcon3108 Před 2 měsíci

      I’m sure emperor Haley salazzi approves 😮😢

  • @Argacyan
    @Argacyan Před 3 lety +12

    I need more of this. Like the history of sugar production, of ceramics, etc.

  • @kenyawilson2668
    @kenyawilson2668 Před 2 lety +8

    The thought of coffee bringing sobriety to a country is powerful.

  • @silviatanase3267
    @silviatanase3267 Před 2 lety +2

    On our property I have 7 coffee trees, and we have coffee every year. Thank you for sharing. ( Constantin Tanase).

  • @rikhardurarnason4681
    @rikhardurarnason4681 Před 3 lety +4

    i have watched pretty much all of your videos, love your way of talking about history... and love coffee i have watched many other history of coffee videos, so when i saw that you! FIRE OF LEARNING had brought out your own video about coffee i actually forgot what i originally came to youtube to look up and just clicked the recommended, thank you !

  • @ValiantB2
    @ValiantB2 Před 3 lety +4

    Regards from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷...we produce excellent coffee in the mountain regions.

  • @vonhummie
    @vonhummie Před 3 lety +2

    Love you're vids. There's always a dry witty undercurrent in you're voice that make em funny/interesting.

  • @nicholasmunroe8989
    @nicholasmunroe8989 Před 3 lety +12

    I’d love to see more of the “What if’s” time paradox’s! I loved the medieval king one and the others!

  • @mukhumor
    @mukhumor Před 2 lety +8

    In Britain Coffee shops also operated as brothels, so when men came home uninterested in conjugal's the wives came to spread the rumor that coffee makes men impotent and effeminate. Which was handy for the state as they were able to stop the coffee shop politics. Coffee dropped out of favor and Tea was promoted as a manly drink. (Builders tea.)

  • @Link-kw5rg
    @Link-kw5rg Před 2 lety +4

    Holy shit, a dude plagerised a few parts in your video word for word in my public speaking class in my fall semester 2021. It was an informative speech and I stg I think he snatched a few photos for his slides as well. What a time to be alive, your work is so good it's expulsion worthy!

  • @DarthWillSmith
    @DarthWillSmith Před 3 lety +10

    Took my time to make a cup of coffee while I watched this and now that it's ready, I feel betrayed by how this video ends.

  • @elitedanklord8771
    @elitedanklord8771 Před 3 lety +12

    I never expected Fire of Learning to make a video about coffee, but I'm all for it

  • @joaosantiago5717
    @joaosantiago5717 Před 3 lety +16

    Coffee was not planted in the amazon regions in Brazil, until this day coffee only growns in high amount in the Atlantic Forest area, because of altitude, the climated that was more temperate and most important the soil of this areas made the perfect condition to grown coffee, especially in Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and São Paulo States, that they will become the most rich and powerful states in Brazil on that period (Until today to be more correct).

  • @LeonardoVieira-xe3li
    @LeonardoVieira-xe3li Před 3 lety +18

    Just a correction: in post colonial times coffee plantations were large Common in the southwest of the country, previously the " mata atlântica" region. This Forest in some ways had a bigger biodiversity than the Amazon.
    The Amazon is on the North region, which its not ideal for coffee production.

  • @butternut5385
    @butternut5385 Před 2 lety +2

    For this coffee lover, a delightful little history with beautiful visuals. Makes me want to go listen to Bach's Coffee Cantata.

  • @Alexeiyeah
    @Alexeiyeah Před 3 lety +8

    To correct a tiny mistake, Brazil's state that produces the most coffee would be Minas Gerais or Sao Paulo, neither of which has or had the amazon forest, but the atlantic rainforest. I may be wrong, although my quick search did not point me the error on this message.

  • @CaseyOntiveros
    @CaseyOntiveros Před 2 lety +4

    4 gallons to kill a human, my wife calls that rookie numbers.

  • @arturhashmi6281
    @arturhashmi6281 Před 2 lety +4

    Commandor from Vienna 1683, was Jerzy Kulczycki, polish nobleman who knew turkish, inflirtated enemies and brought mail from Vienna to polish relief camp. Legend says, that after won battle, polish king Jan III Sobieski, promised him whatever he wants. He choosed great supply of this wierd turkish seeds, which he loved, then he opened first coffee-house in Vienna, where his statue on the street called by his name, stays to this day. Vienna is considered as one of the capital cities of coffee.

  • @Anthony-hq5jt
    @Anthony-hq5jt Před 3 lety +14

    Amazing video keep up the great work ! History of chocolate would be another interesting topic for you to cover !!

  • @Gordonseries385
    @Gordonseries385 Před 3 lety +4

    Thank you for sharing that! Enjoyed it while drinking my coffee. Take care

  • @dmitritelvanni4068
    @dmitritelvanni4068 Před 3 lety +10

    What if that monk actually knew all along and was trying to tell them they gotta roast the beans lol

  • @londonpickering8675
    @londonpickering8675 Před 2 lety +2

    Coffee is the lifeblood! Thank you for taking the time to post this.

  • @bjornsan
    @bjornsan Před rokem +2

    If you think you drink much coffee you probably have a long way to go to beat Honoré de Balzac. The man drank 40 cups a day and according to his writing on the subject (The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee) it was quite strong.
    For myself I start the day with half a pot of coffee. Never had headaches if I skip it. Just takes longer for me to get fully awake.

  • @CoffeeSuccubus
    @CoffeeSuccubus Před 3 lety +24

    The fact I am a Coffee Succubus, this makes me happy.

  • @Mujangga
    @Mujangga Před 3 lety +68

    Someone's looking to get a Molotov Cocktail with all his Finland bashing...

    • @juliacarl584
      @juliacarl584 Před 2 lety

      Really... my great great grandfather immigrated from Finland in the 1880s.

    • @susansteelmon5675
      @susansteelmon5675 Před 2 lety

      Freedom of speech. Besides, who are you to be threatening people ? Doing so you are making your precious Finland look bad. Does everyone there have the same defensive, violent reaction to things ?

  • @stevemcelmury4618
    @stevemcelmury4618 Před 2 lety +1

    Lovely & informative... thanks so much!

  • @roryf.1349
    @roryf.1349 Před 2 lety +2

    Every now and then I'll brew some coffee, but I love iced tea with lemon and sometimes cane sugar. I have a 4 L pitcher in my fridge that always has some in it.

  • @oddityurie3435
    @oddityurie3435 Před 3 lety +8

    Caffeine would also technically count as a type of Spice as spices are a chemical kind of defense used by many plants to ward off small Predators like insects and decomposers such as Bacteria and Fungi, and many of the world Spices are found in places that are quite warm and tropical and humid, such as where the areas where Coffee is grown commonly today

  • @dayvancubensis
    @dayvancubensis Před 3 lety +4

    You should do a video on tea as well! Now that you’ve done one on coffee, a video on tea would be really cool. Tea has a fascinating history, if you haven’t heard of his story before you should read about Robert Fortune (or check out the book “For All the Tea in China”)

  • @EricHowl
    @EricHowl Před 9 měsíci

    Appreciate ur straightforward style

  • @clarke4552
    @clarke4552 Před 3 lety

    Thank you! Was looking for this last year aha

  • @magickush5741
    @magickush5741 Před 3 lety +78

    Not much of a coffee drinker, but I still find this interesting. Keep up with the good content man!

    • @aa-vk6hd
      @aa-vk6hd Před 2 lety +4

      More of a Kush smoker😉

    • @NightHealer8284
      @NightHealer8284 Před 2 lety +3

      ⛽️ & ☕️ two good things in the morning sometimes I put Sativa in the coffee super energy in the morning

    • @Toneloke-3000
      @Toneloke-3000 Před 2 lety +1

      Nothing I love more than Sunday morning relaxing with my favorite blend of coffee and a bowl of Wheaties😉

    • @rambi1072
      @rambi1072 Před rokem

      Coffee sometimes goes well with weed, I've heard it called a "hippie speedball"

  • @lostpaws2178
    @lostpaws2178 Před 2 lety +4

    Thanks for teaching me something new, dude! When I get my mobile espresso bar up and running, I'll make a drink after ya. Something hot cinnamon and vanilla based.

  • @lucyinthesky4682
    @lucyinthesky4682 Před 3 lety +2

    My career is very stressful and I had developed an ulcer so had to stop drinking coffee for about 6 months and it was harder to do that it was to quit smoking. When I started again I noticed how shaky I was and people said I imagined it. I've been drinking coffee since I was 15, I was 37 when this happened the caffeine can't bother me now. I started keeping track of when I had a 'cup' of coffee. In a week by 1 pm each day, I had 4-6 xlarge (24oz) cups of dark roast coffee with a shot of espresso in each. There were days I stopped and had a coffee at a diner (I live in NYC) before I took my coffee to work. The rest of the day I would drink water. The coffee was killing my body but I was getting used to all the side effects. I stopped altogether and just started drinking coffee in 2021. Now I'm 43 and I can drink one 9 oz cup of the lightest roast coffee a day in the morning, maybe a second occasionally around mid afternoon. I still drink a gallon of water a day and the little perk I get from that cup feels great and I don't have a belly full of acid.
    My one really big regret is my teeth took the biggest hit from all that coffee. They'll never be bright white again.

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger1342 Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

  • @desmondmolina3142
    @desmondmolina3142 Před 3 lety +3

    Good video, as always

  • @ledeyabaklykova
    @ledeyabaklykova Před 2 lety +3

    “Coffee: The last (and most healthful) legal high”. --R. E. Van Duyrenn, Botanist, died in a plane crash in the Andes Mountains on the way to a research compound in 2016, age 83!

  • @robertcronin6603
    @robertcronin6603 Před 2 lety +1

    Very cool video...I'm sitting here early in the morning and drinking coffee ☕ - I did not know of the vast history behind it 🔥

  • @miketackabery7521
    @miketackabery7521 Před 7 měsíci

    Much of this I already knew, but much I didn't. Thank you for the video!

  • @alegnalowe3679
    @alegnalowe3679 Před 2 lety +3

    Coffee is good for preventing diabetes by 50% and wards off colon cancer by the same percentage.It also contains potassium and niacin.

  • @happygardener28
    @happygardener28 Před 2 lety +3

    4:59 The gap in the written accounts of coffee may be for several reasons. 1) records destroyed by wars. 2) "traders' secrets" so that very few knew the trick or roasting and brewing coffee. 3) because of #2 the beans, or the ground coffee beans, had been so mishandled that few would drink it (stale ground coffee is among the nastiest, foulest drinks I've ever encountered)

  • @angelaspielbusch1237
    @angelaspielbusch1237 Před 3 lety

    Fantastic video thank you so much

  • @ruzzsverion2728
    @ruzzsverion2728 Před 3 lety +2

    Its dark here in Scandinavia coffee helps with that, keeping us less tired.i drink like 8 - 10 cups a day.

  • @Eralen00
    @Eralen00 Před 3 lety +7

    Friendly Grammar Nazi here, saying "co-correlated" is redundant, the prefix "co-" already exists in the word: Co-related (two or more things related to each other)

    • @lotionman1507
      @lotionman1507 Před 3 lety +1

      hes talking about a correlation of correlations, so it isnt redundant.

  • @richq11
    @richq11 Před 2 lety +4

    I've been drinking 2 12 cup pots a day for over 30 years and have had no problem whatsoever with stillbirths.

    • @chanacavids
      @chanacavids Před 2 lety

      212?!

    • @richq11
      @richq11 Před 2 lety +1

      @@chanacavids Two and a half, sorry typo, they happen

  • @michaelhenault1444
    @michaelhenault1444 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Nice presentation

  • @defjam137
    @defjam137 Před 2 lety +2

    Coffee plant ; produces caffeine to stop insects from eating them.
    Humans : this is some serious gourmet sh!t

  • @abiyhunegnaw1006
    @abiyhunegnaw1006 Před 3 lety +29

    the history of coffee is already known it was discovered by by a farmer and the place where it was found is in the great country of Ethiopia ,Kaafa. Coffee got its name from Kaafa. this is a known fact not just a legend. there is even a special coffee ceremony in Ethiopia

    • @missourimongoose7643
      @missourimongoose7643 Před 2 lety +6

      I highly doubt it took the Muslims to brew this, seems much more possible the Ethiopians figured this out long ago

    • @argenisjimenez8118
      @argenisjimenez8118 Před 2 lety +3

      Verifying this fact would be almost impossible. But also, I've heard that this story only appeared hundreds of years after the discovery of coffee, so it likely is fake.

    • @Eleidig007
      @Eleidig007 Před 2 lety

      @@missourimongoose7643 muslims invented coffee drink

    • @missourimongoose7643
      @missourimongoose7643 Před 2 lety

      @@Eleidig007 the Muslims are only 1400 years old and it took many years after that for it to get to Africa so are you trying to say that those people living in places where coffee grows wild wouldn't of figured this out?

    • @nicholasdorazio10
      @nicholasdorazio10 Před 2 lety +1

      @@missourimongoose7643 Dr Steve Brule has the facts here

  • @iammaxhailme
    @iammaxhailme Před 3 lety +10

    I love the smell off coffee, but man I just can't drink coffee and then work. I must be extra affected by caffeine. I drink a lot of decaf though.

  • @surendersingal9122
    @surendersingal9122 Před 2 lety

    Great talk on the origion, spread n now well accepted human morning need. Thank you

  • @-SRM-
    @-SRM- Před 3 lety +2

    Just what I intended on having in t-minus 5 minutes. Perfect timing.

  • @OuterHeaven210
    @OuterHeaven210 Před 3 lety +6

    I drink coffee every morning. Just that one cup every day.

    • @lazer2365
      @lazer2365 Před 2 lety

      A 500 ml cup!'
      Joking, but there is a point to made about the idea put forward that 3 or 4 cups a day are ok.
      The difference between instant coffee and fresh-brewed is considerable in caffeine strength.
      Also, how big is a cup?

    • @OuterHeaven210
      @OuterHeaven210 Před 2 lety

      @@lazer2365 a standard sized coffee cup. 500ml sounds about right actually. Definitely not fresh in any way.

  • @MrLamoney123
    @MrLamoney123 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Lol I’m drinking coffee and watching this vid

  • @EIbereth
    @EIbereth Před 2 lety

    Subscribed because I've always wanted to know about the history of coffee and avocado 🥑. Coffee is love, coffee is life. ☕ Cheers from Mexico City. 🇲🇽
    Edirlt: the best coffee I've tasted is from Veracruz and Oaxaca (Mexico), Costa Rica, and Colombia.

  • @gebronthomasson6960
    @gebronthomasson6960 Před 2 lety +1

    Coffee!! One of the greatest finds of all time..

  • @nhmooytis7058
    @nhmooytis7058 Před 3 lety +3

    Watching while drinking super strong Harris coffee in Sydney!

  • @daviddeltoro1808
    @daviddeltoro1808 Před 3 lety +6

    Please do chocolate next, please talk about the Maya

  • @TheFlameoftheWest
    @TheFlameoftheWest Před 3 lety +1

    I dident see this coming but it's awesome

  • @persephoneszeliga
    @persephoneszeliga Před 2 lety

    Loved this

  • @MOSCOW-db2nk
    @MOSCOW-db2nk Před 3 lety +8

    Thank you very much! It's very interesting!😊

    • @penelopegreene
      @penelopegreene Před 3 lety +2

      I thought you guys in Moscow were more Tea drinkers!

  • @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505

    Somalis merchants were the first to export coffee from neighbouring Ethiopia as they relied on our ancient port cities. Mocha was very dependent on imported coffee beans from present-day Ethiopia, which was exported by Somali merchants from Berbera across the Gulf of Aden. The Berbera merchants procured most of the coffee from the environs of Harar and shipped them off in their own vessels during the Berbera trading season. According to Captain Haines, who was the colonial administrator of Aden (1839-1854), Mocha historically imported up to two-thirds of their coffee from Berbera-based merchants before the coffee trade of Mocha was captured by British-controlled Aden in the 19th century.[6][7]

    • @NanaFaiaa
      @NanaFaiaa Před 2 měsíci

      but in yemen they used to plant it there normally and was the biggest exporters for some time until now actually

    • @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505
      @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 Před 2 měsíci

      @@NanaFaiaa all the arabic and European historical sources mention and show one thing...coffee plant originates only I'm Ethiopia and is native only to Ethiopia...the same Arabic and European medieval sources also state that the first time coffee left Ethiopia to go anywhere in the world, it was Somali seafaring merchants based in Zeila and Berbera who exported Ethiopian coffee to ottoman ruled Yemen coastline ...heck I can quote you Yemeni arabic sources that even say they learned coffee from Somali traders of Zeila...these are historical facts in Arabic and European medieval sources it's not something to argue about

    • @NanaFaiaa
      @NanaFaiaa Před 2 měsíci

      @@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 i don't understand what i said wrong i didnt say Somalia didnt export to yemen but then after that yemenis did plant it by their own thats why mocha was called after a place in yemen that was the biggest exporter to coffe at that time we can't forget Somalia's part in that as we can't forget yemen's part in that too we still plant it until now and coffe is part of our culture and we call it bon like i guess Ethiopians do

    • @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505
      @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 Před 2 měsíci

      @@NanaFaiaa yes I don't disagree Yemen did end up planting their own coffee and contributed to the global dissemination of this plant...but if you read my points I only focused on who was the first to trade and sell by sea, coffee directly from its source in Ethiopia and this was undertaken by Somali seafaring merchants based in Zeila and Berbera cities it is them who introduced coffee to the world
      Salaam

    • @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505
      @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 Před 2 měsíci

      @@NanaFaiaa also Somalis and their closely related Oromo cousins in Ethiopia both call coffee as Bun as Somalis call their unique fried Coffee beans...the oromo in Ethiopia have a slightly different way of making the friend coffee and they call it Bunni coffee ...ur point was valid tho..Yemen did plant and sell coffee but all history books show the first seafaring traders who spread coffee to the rest of the world are Somalis since for over 1000s years the Somalia coastline and its cities especially Zeila Berbera Mogadishu Hafun etc were the main coastline which Ethiopian tribes like oromos used to trade, the Ethiopian tribes would hand over their caravan goods to Somali clans who controlled the coastline, the Somalis would sell what the Ethiopians wanted to sell, Somalis would them charge a bit of commission and give the profits back to the Ethiopian tribes who owned the goods, this is how we were the first to sell coffee to the world, the Ethiopian tribes needed our coastline, and Somalis being shrewd businessmen would take advantage of this and make profits

  • @guramgudashvili9963
    @guramgudashvili9963 Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks, sir!

  • @Stetch42
    @Stetch42 Před 2 lety +1

    Sweden here! We come in second place after our cousin Finland when it comes to amount of coffee per person and year. We have this thing called Fika. Its very important times of the day where we just sit down, relax and have a good talk over a cup.

    • @theboyisnotright6312
      @theboyisnotright6312 Před 2 lety +1

      You know the coffee break originated in Minnesota. The scandanavian immigrant women working in a clothing factory refused to work without coffee. Then the owner realized productivity increased 20 percent when he gave them 10 minutes in morning and afternoon to drink coffee. Not sure if it's true, but should be. Scandinavians are pretty stubborn I've noticed. If they say coffee or no work pretty sure they mean it😂😂😂. My Granpa was full bloodied Norwegian. He said you can always tell a Norwegian, but you can't tell him much. He also drank coffee all day everyday. 102 degrees and he would come in and ask Coffee on? Lol. Lived to 88 so didn't hurt him any😀

    • @Stetch42
      @Stetch42 Před 2 lety

      @@theboyisnotright6312 Oh nice! One learn new things everyday. Thanks!

  • @jackgimre431
    @jackgimre431 Před 3 lety +16

    Next: History of Tea

    • @DaRealKakarroto
      @DaRealKakarroto Před 3 lety +3

      Tea started on the 21st of May 1952 in Chicago Illinois, youngest of twelve leaves under the care of a devoted minister. His four sister and seven brother leaves grew up together with Tea in the Robert Taylor Homes in the Bronzeville neighbourhood. Five years afterwards, Tea experienced how their caretaker left them. At the ripe age of 18, at the start of the 70's, Tea changed his registration to Mr. T. ... oh wait, I think I mixed up something.

    • @JMM33RanMA
      @JMM33RanMA Před 3 lety +1

      There is a very similar story about the discovery of Tea in China, about the branch of the tea tree falling into a pot of boiling water and the aroma attracting attention.

    • @jackgimre431
      @jackgimre431 Před 3 lety

      @@JMM33RanMA Interesting, i didnt know that

    • @dayvancubensis
      @dayvancubensis Před 3 lety

      Yes please! Tea has a fascinating history, there’s plenty of things to talk about. Not only its history but also how it has been adapted culturally across the world. Even in its origin country, China, there are many different styles of tea and methods of consuming tea across the country. Anyone interested in reading about the history of tea and how it came to the West should read “For All the Tea in China”, and if you like reading firsthand accounts you should read the journals of Robert Fortune (a Scottish botanist who brought tea to India, allowing the British to finally be able to grow and process tea instead of being forced to buy it from China)

    • @JMM33RanMA
      @JMM33RanMA Před 3 lety

      @@dayvancubensis Many years ago, because I was a drinker of tea in copious amounts, I was given a present, a book with a title like the Story [or History] of Tea.
      At one point, when working in the Middle East, I made a pilgrimage to the tea plantations in Sri Lanka. I acquired a particular fondness for Japanese green tea while working in Japan. For drinking which, I acquired some pieces of Hagimono, the famous ceramics from the Southwestern tip of Honshu.
      Reading about tea is not nearly as interesting as experiencing the many varieties. The Japanese use of Matcha green tea in sweets and ice cream is also to my taste, but not everyone's "cup of tea."

  • @jonathang7095
    @jonathang7095 Před 3 lety +6

    As a new yorker i can definitely verify that we are obsessed with coffee. There's a coffee shop literally every few blocks in the city

    • @blueduck9409
      @blueduck9409 Před 2 lety

      Which coffee shops are the best? Which ones have the very best coffee?

    • @boygenius538_8
      @boygenius538_8 Před 2 lety

      @Blue Duck the ones that aren’t chain stores.

  • @ruthmoore2246
    @ruthmoore2246 Před 2 lety

    Great job

  • @Saganswrld2190
    @Saganswrld2190 Před 8 měsíci

    "my people must drink beer", Voltaire, I will always remember this one 😂