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Introduction

Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially available. There are also various coffee substitutes.

Coffee production begins when the seeds from coffee cherries (the Coffea plant's fruits) are separated to produce unroasted green coffee beans. The "beans" are roasted and then ground into fine particles. Coffee is brewed from the ground roasted beans, which are typically steeped in hot water before being filtered out. It is usually served hot, although chilled or iced coffee is common. Coffee can be prepared and presented in a variety of ways (e.g., espresso, French press, caffè latte, or already-brewed canned coffee). Sugar, sugar substitutes, milk, and cream are often added to mask the bitter taste or enhance the flavor.

Though coffee has become a global commodity, it has a long history tied closely to food traditions around the Red Sea. The earliest credible reports of coffee drinking pertain to the plant's use among the Sufis of Yemen in the middle of the 15th century. Up to the end of the 17th century, most of the world's coffee was imported from Yemen. But as the beverage gained in popularity, coffee started to be cultivated in Java in the 17th century, as well as in the Americas from the 18th century onward. (Full article...)

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Ludwig Roselius by Nicola Perscheid c. 1905

Ludwig Roselius (2 June 1874 – 15 May 1943) was a German coffee merchant and founder of the company Kaffee HAG. He was born in Bremen and is credited with the development of commercial decaffeination of coffee. As a patron, he supported artists like Paula Modersohn-Becker and Bernard Hoetger and turned the Böttcherstrasse street in Bremen into an artwork. (Full article...)

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Image 1Coffea racemosa fruits (from Coffea)
Image 2Interior of an espresso bar from Baliwag, Philippines (from Coffeehouse)
Image 3Brasserie Léopold in Aix-en-Provence (from Coffeehouse)
Image 4Coffea arabica flowers (from Coffea)
Image 5A Viennese coffeehouse (2004) (from Coffee culture)
Image 6In a pour-over, the water passes through the coffee grounds, gaining soluble compounds to form coffee. Insoluble compounds remain within the coffee filter. (from Coffee preparation)
Image 7German Empot coffee maker (from Coffee preparation)
Image 8Allow cold brew to steep for 8 to 24 hours. (from Coffee preparation)
Image 9Café Tortoni is an emblematic café in Buenos Aires, frequented by Jorge Luis Borges among many other figures of Argentina. (from Coffeehouse)
Image 10A cup of coffee with cheesecake at a cafe in Helsinki, Finland (from Coffee culture)
Image 11Cafés in central Tirana (2017) (from Coffee culture)
Image 12The word for coffee in various European languages (from Coffeehouse)
Image 13The Federal Coffee Palace, built on Collins Street, Melbourne, in 1888, was the largest and grandest Coffee Palace ever built. It was demolished in 1973. (from Coffeehouse)
Image 14Caffè Florian in Venice (from Coffeehouse)
Image 15Caffè San Marco in Trieste, known for its artists, writers and intellectuals (2014) (from Coffee culture)
Image 16Caffe Reggio on MacDougal Street in New York City's Manhattan which was founded in 1927 (from Coffeehouse)
Image 17Central European Habsburg coffee house culture: news, coffee, the glass of water and the marble table top (2004) (from Coffee culture)
Image 18Centre Place, Melbourne. Australia and New Zealand have competing claims as being the birthplace of the "flat white". (from Coffeehouse)
Image 19Dutch coffee-roasting machine, c. 1920 (from Coffee preparation)
Image 20A coffee can from the first half of the 20th century. From the Museo del Objeto del Objeto collection. (from History of coffee)
Image 21A traditional aluminium pod (left) and a paper pod (right) compared (from Nespresso)
Image 2218th century French plan of Mocha, Yemen. The Somali, Jewish and European quarters are located outside the citadel. The Dutch, English, Turkish and French trading posts are inside the city walls. (from History of coffee)
Image 23Pope Clement VIII: The Pope who popularised coffee in Europe among Christians (from History of coffee)
Image 24Single serve Vietnamese drip filter (from Coffee preparation)
Image 25Statue of Fernando Pessoa by Lagoa Henriques, next to the A Brasileira café, in Chiado, Lisbon (from Coffeehouse)
Image 26A Nespresso store at Plaza Indonesia (from Nespresso)
Image 27Café Ekberg in Helsinki in 2024 (from Coffeehouse)
Image 28Caffè Florian in Venice (2015) (from Coffee culture)
Image 29Wheel coffee grinder (from Coffee preparation)
Image 30Drip coffee maker (from Coffee preparation)
Image 31A modern Starbucks coffee chain location in Knoxville, Tennessee with a drive-through. (from Coffeehouse)
Image 32Coffea branches (from Coffea)
Image 33The base of a first-generation Nespresso machine capsule holder; as well as the raised squares which controls capsule rupture points, the holes between the squares through which the espresso exits the holder are also visible (from Nespresso)
Image 34Various grinders for coffee and spices (from Coffee preparation)
Image 35A coffee shop in Bacoor, Philippines (from Coffeehouse)
Image 36Coffeehouses often sell pastries or other food items. (from Coffeehouse)
Image 37A variation on the moka pot with the upper section formed as a coffee fountain (from Coffee preparation)
Image 38Beans inside a Coffea arabica fruit (from Coffea)
Image 39Coffea fruits, Bali (from Coffea)
Image 40Coffee house culture between Vienna and Trieste: the coffee, the newspaper, the glass of water and the marble tabletop (from History of coffee)
Image 41The Café de Flore on the Rive Gauche in Paris is one of the oldest coffeehouses in the city. It is celebrated for its famous clientele, which included high-profile writers and philosophers. (from Coffeehouse)
Image 42A VertuoLine machine and capsules (from Nespresso)
Image 43Nespresso machine containing professional-grade Nespresso pods, incompatible with the regular capsules (from Nespresso)
Image 44Coffea flower (from Coffea)
Image 45Coffeepot, by French silversmith François-Thomas Germain, 1757, silver with ebony handle, Metropolitan Museum of Art (from History of coffee)
Image 46The port city Mocha in Yemen 1692. (from History of coffee)
Image 47A Nespresso store in Lugano, Switzerland (from Nespresso)
Image 48Home espresso machine without pump (only with steam pressure) (from Coffee preparation)
Image 49Pollen grains of Coffee plant (from Coffea)
Image 50A 1652 handbill advertising coffee for sale in St. Michael's Alley, London (from History of coffee)
Image 51Coffee plantation (from History of coffee)
Image 52A shop specialised in drip coffee in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand (from Coffeehouse)
Image 53Trieste, Italy from where the cappuccino spread (from Coffeehouse)
Image 54A coffeehouse in Damascus (2003) (from Coffee culture)
Image 55Les Deux Magots in Paris, once a famous haunt of French intellectuals (2006) (from Coffee culture)
Image 56Commercial espresso machine (from Coffee preparation)
Image 57Family in Söderhamn, Sweden, seated for fika (c. 1916) (from Coffee culture)
Image 58Filter coffee being brewed (from Coffee preparation)
Image 59Rumah Loer, a contemporary-style coffee shop (Indonesian: rumah kopi kekinian) in Palembang, Indonesia (from Coffeehouse)
Image 60A pair of the VertuoLine style pods (from Nespresso)
Image 61Freshly harvested coffee cherries (from Coffea)
Image 62Coffeepot (cafetière "campanienne"), part of a service, 1836, hard-paste porcelain, Metropolitan Museum of Art (from History of coffee)
Image 63A coffeehouse in Cairo, 18th century (from Coffeehouse)
Image 64A pair of Nespresso Magimix M100 machines (from Nespresso)
Image 65Monsooned Malabar arabica, compared with green Yirgachefe beans from Ethiopia (from History of coffee)
Image 66Syrian Bedouin from a beehive village in Aleppo, Syria, sipping the traditional murra (bitter) coffee, 1930 (from History of coffee)
Image 67Ripe Coffea arabica fruits (from Coffea)
Image 68A coffeehouse in London, 17th century (from Coffeehouse)
Image 69Nespresso paper pods (from Nespresso)
Image 70A Viennese café (from Coffeehouse)
Image 71Home espresso machine with pump (from Coffee preparation)
Image 72The Coffee Bearer by John Frederick Lewis (1857) (from History of coffee)
Image 73"Discussing the War in a Paris Café", The Illustrated London News, 17 September 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War (from Coffeehouse)
Image 74A coffee shop at a library in Melbourne (2006) (from Coffee culture)
Image 75Moka 2 Cup Coffee Fountain (from Coffee preparation)
Image 76Café Zimmermann, Leipzig (engraving by Johann Georg Schreiber, 1732) (from History of coffee)
Image 77Evening Café Culture in Aix-en-Provence (from Coffee culture)
Image 78A coffee bearer, from the Ottoman quarters in Cairo (1857) (from Coffee culture)
Image 79Coffea arabica beans germinating (from Coffea)
Image 80Moka pot (from Coffee preparation)
Image 81Coffea fruit cross section (from Coffea)
Image 82Palestinian women grinding coffee, 1905 (from History of coffee)
Image 83Coffee grinder (from Coffee preparation)
Image 84Dutch engraving of Mocha in 1692 (from History of coffee)

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Caffè crema (lit. 'cream coffee') may be one of two different coffee drinks:

An old name for espresso (1940s and 1950s).
A long espresso drink served primarily in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and northern Italy (1980s onwards), along the Italian/Swiss and Italian/Austrian border. In Germany it is generally known as a "Café Crème" or just "Kaffee" and is generally the default type of black coffee served, unless there is a filter machine.

As a colorful term it generally means "espresso", while in technical discussions, referring to the long drink, it may more narrowly be referred to as Swiss caffè crema. There is also Italian iced crema di caffè of crema (fredda) al caffè.

Variant terms include crema caffè and the hyperforeignism café crema – café crème is the direct French translation, but in France it contains dairy. Caffè and crema are Italian; thus café crema mixes French and Italian. (Full article...)

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Carajillo

A Carajillo is a Spanish drink combining coffee with brandy, whisky, anís, or rum.

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