Like the tea culture in China, there is a rich history and connotation behind the coffee culture. Arabs first dry and cook coffee beans, and then drink the juice of coffee beans as stomach medicine, thinking that it can help digestion. Later, it was found that coffee also had a refreshing effect. Because Islam forbids believers to drink alcohol, coffee is used instead of alcoholic beverages, which are often used as refreshing drinks. /kloc-After the 5th century, Muslims who went to Mecca brought coffee back to their places of residence, and coffee gradually spread to Egypt, Syria, Iran and Turkey. Thanks to the Ottoman Empire in Turkey, coffee entered the European continent. Because the Ottoman army, which was addicted to coffee, went west to the European continent and stayed there for several years, when the army finally retreated, it left a lot of materials, including coffee beans. People in Vienna and Paris developed European coffee culture with these coffee beans and the cooking experience gained by Turks.
Generally speaking, the characteristics of western coffee culture are enthusiasm, unrestrained, free, concise, casual, fast and convenient. Romantic French coffee culture is an elegant charm, romantic mood and comfortable feeling of enjoying life. This is also a traditional and unique coffee culture. Coffee is not only a drink for them, but also contains rich cultural connotations. Cafes all over the city and countryside are symbols of the French way of life. It seems that the French pay attention not to taste, but to environment and mood. They are willing to buy a small cup of coffee at the price of a pot in the lively market outside, enjoy it slowly and carefully, read books and newspapers, and talk about it in Kan Kan. A "bubble" is most of the day. American coffee culture is excusable. When Americans drink coffee, it's like playing a game that doesn't need rules. Let nature take its course. Americans are dismissive of Europeans' concern about making coffee. Americans drink coffee freely, and coffee goes deep into their lives. Americans can hardly live without coffee 24 hours a day. Therefore, the United States is the country with the largest coffee consumption in the world. Generally speaking, Americans live a busy and stressful life. They often have a big pot of electric filtered coffee and drink it from morning till night. Because there is more water and less coffee, the taste is particularly weak. So many people criticize American coffee for being really bad. The United States is the largest exporter of instant coffee, but not many people drink instant coffee in the United States.
Tourists should pay attention to two things in enthusiastic Italy, namely men and coffee. There is a famous Italian saying: men should be like good coffee, strong and full of enthusiasm! The characteristics of Italian coffee are reflected in its English name, which is a fast word; Do it in ten seconds and drink it quickly, because there are only two or three mouthfuls. Generally speaking, the first thing Italians do after getting up is to make a cup of coffee. Men and women drink almost from morning till night. In order to cooperate with the special function of instant coffee extraction in Italian coffee pot, Italian coffee beans have the longest frying time in the world.
Central and northern Europeans are less enthusiastic than Italians and less romantic than French. They drink rationally and moderately, just like their national characteristics. From Austria, Switzerland, Germany, and even several Nordic countries, the habit and taste of drinking coffee can be said to be similar, and the taste belongs to medium concentration. They usually make coffee at home, and the most commonly used is a simple electric coffee pot at home. In recent years, the average coffee consumption of the people in the four Nordic countries has been among the top four in the world.
According to historical records, coffee was first planted successfully in Taiwan Province Province when it entered China in 1884. In the 10th year of Guangxu (AD 1884), an English tea merchant found that the climate in Taiwan Province Province was very similar to that in Central and South America, and thought it was a good place to grow coffee. As a result, the businessman introduced 100 coffee trees from Arabia and planted them in Taiwan Province Province, becoming the "originator" of Chinese coffee, which opened the prelude to the development of coffee in China. The earliest coffee cultivation in Chinese mainland began in Yunnan. At the beginning of the 20th century, a French missionary brought the first batch of coffee seedlings to Binchuan County, Yunnan Province for planting. At present, there are coffee trees planted in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Taiwan Province Province and Xiamen, Fujian, which were introduced more than 0/00 years ago, that is, the so-called "Chinesecoffee". In the next hundred years, coffee cultivation in China, a vast country, was only "bit by bit".