Coffee’s gateway into Europe was through Turkey and specifically Constantinople-that-was, or Istanbul. There was a huge amount of trade between Italy and Constantinople and particularly to Venice.

Venetian merchants introduced coffee and made it a luxury item. It was expensive and initially difficult to get. Reportedly Pope Clement VIII blessed coffee as [...] Related posts:

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Time for another poll…

What do you put in your coffee. All the coffee tasters in the world confidently say that coffee should be drunk black. When they line up to taste test coffee (known as ‘cupping’) they sip from a row of small glasses, each with a little black coffee.

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First off, we are not going to pretend that we can tell you what the best cup for drinking coffee is. Only you can do that. But we are going to run down some of the alternatives and discuss them and maybe introduce you to a few alternatives.

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I’d guess that most people if asked would say that coffee was probably not so great for their liver, maybe not terrible or anything, but not great. WRONG! Turns out, according to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, that coffee is extremely protective of your liver. Of course, if, like me, [...] No related posts.]]> http://www.getin2coffee.com/2009/coffee-and-your-liver/feed/ 1 http://www.getin2coffee.com/2009/how-much-coffee-do-we-drink/ http://www.getin2coffee.com/2009/how-much-coffee-do-we-drink/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:52:49 +0000 admin http://www.getin2coffee.com/?p=69 Image via Wikipedia

Nestor Osorio, Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization, i s concerned that coffee production this year is not going to meet demand – by about 480 million kilos or pretty close to one billion pounds. That led me to an interesting question. How much coffee do we actually drink globally?

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In another piece of news about the health benefits of coffee, a Danish study shows that subjects who had reported drinking three to five cups of coffee daily were 65 percent less likely to have developed dementia, compared with those who drank two cups or less.

We do wish that the study reports [...] No related posts.]]> http://www.getin2coffee.com/2009/coffee-wards-off-dementia/feed/ 0 http://www.getin2coffee.com/2009/starbucks-pledge5/ http://www.getin2coffee.com/2009/starbucks-pledge5/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:48:51 +0000 admin http://www.getin2coffee.com/?p=37 Image via Wikipedia

Here at Get In 2 Coffee, we like to make fun of Starbucks just as much as everyone else. But they can make it awfully hard. For a corporate giant they often display a real committment to improving the world we live in – even if at the same time they don’t always [...] No related posts.]]> http://www.getin2coffee.com/2009/starbucks-pledge5/feed/ 0 http://www.getin2coffee.com/2008/early-coffee-growing-and-consumption/ http://www.getin2coffee.com/2008/early-coffee-growing-and-consumption/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:33:03 +0000 admin http://www.getin2coffee.com/?p=7 Image via Wikipedia

One thing is for certain – cultivation of coffee DID begin in Ethiopia and was then spread by the Arabic  world as it expanded rapidly around 1100 AD. From the Arabic world. Coffee was traded into Europe and India. The very first consumption of coffee was in solid form – grinding beans into [...] No related posts.]]> http://www.getin2coffee.com/2008/early-coffee-growing-and-consumption/feed/ 0