Coffee
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Lattes and cappuccinos would have to wait, but the coffee revolution was born.
Legend also dictates that priests would ingest large amounts of caffeine from coffee in order to remain awake to pray.
The coffee plant originally grew only in the poverty ridden country of Ethiopia where it was wrapped in animal fat to eat while on raids. It was then transported to Arabia. There, it was grown, and marketed. Up to this point, the coffee bean was only eaten. It was the Turks who were the first to make a coffee beverage.
Venetian trade merchants brought coffee to Europe. Rumors of the taste of coffee and its effects reached a peak level, but many people thought it to be the Devil's drink. It was only after Pope Vincent III gave it a taste and his seal of approval that all negative stigma was lifted and coffee was truly embraced.
It wasn't long before coffee houses surfaced throughout Europe. People would drink coffee and mingle at these coffee establishments that quickly gained in popularity. Finally, in the 1700’s, coffee found its way to America when a French infantry captain took a small plant with him. He may not have known it at the time, but that plant spawned in excess of 19 million coffee trees within a 50 year time span. Britain took a hit when the United States made coffee its national drink, replacing tea and its growing tea tax. The world would appear empty to most without a daily cup of coffee today. Many people find the caffeinated beverage a necessity and some can't even function without it, though you are certainly welcome to a cup of decaf coffee. In some cases, it's reccommended. Drink up.
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