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Specialty coffee
July 17, 2009
Alfred Peet was the true coffee guru who mastered the tea and coffee making to a nicety yet in his native Alkmaar. In Holland his father kept tea and coffee shop. When a teenager, Peet came to London and trained in Leapton's Tea company. Then he worked as a tea taster in Indonesia, and at the age of 35 immigrated to the USA. Full text
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The Renaissance of Coffee
July 16, 2009
The Renaissance of coffee began in California in the 60th of the XX century. The expatriates from Africa, Turkey, Greece, and Italy kept small traditional eastern cafes and coffee shops where they roasted and sold fresh beans of élite arabica coffee. Full text
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Coffee Dark Ages
July 15, 2009
Coffee's dark ages began in the mid of XIX-th century and lasted till the end of the XX-th century. Coffee stopped being just a pleasure and became a commercial product; it lost its eastern charm and turned to be usual, common, ordinary drink. Full text
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The Golden Age of Coffee History
July 1, 2009
The history of coffee is one of the most dramatic and breathtaking. It started in Africa just at the time of the mankind emergence and was followed by a chain of bright events. The legendary shepherd Kaldi found out the powerful effect of coffee beans of which later people started to make the cult, as originally coffee was used during the religious ceremonies. Full text
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