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Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It has the highest sales in the world market for hot drinks.

The seeds of the Coffea plant's fruits are separated to produce unroasted green coffee beans. The beans are roasted and then ground into fine particles typically steeped in hot water before being filtered out, producing a cup of coffee. 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 is now a global commodity, it has a long history tied closely to food traditions around the Red Sea. The earliest credible evidence of coffee drinking as the modern beverage appears in modern-day Yemen in southern Arabia in the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines, where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed in a manner similar to how it is now prepared for drinking. The coffee beans were procured by the Yemenis from the Ethiopian Highlands via coastal Somali intermediaries, and cultivated in Yemen. By the 16th century, the drink had reached the rest of the Middle East and North Africa, later spreading to Europe. (Full article...)

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Coffee wars, sometimes referred to as caffeine wars, involve a variety of sales and marketing tactics by coffeehouse chains and espresso machine manufacturers to increase brand and consumer market share. In North America belligerents in these wars typically include large coffeehouses, such as Starbucks, Dunkin', McDonald's, and Tim Hortons. According to The Economist, the largest coffee war of the late 2000s was between Starbucks and McDonalds in the United States. The U.S. market has, since the early 2010s, been primarily contested by its two largest players, Starbucks and Dunkin'. Since 2020, competition over the Chinese coffee market has intensified between Starbucks and Luckin Coffee.

Periods of low economic activity and business recessions––which contribute to diminished consumer demand––have been linked to an increase in coffee wars. Major innovations in the coffee industry, particularly the advent of single-serve espresso pods, have lowered the market's barrier to entry. Although store count has been traditionally seen as gauging market share, both firms and analysts have incorporated revenue, balance sheets, organic growth, operating margin, and stock market performance as comparable indicators. (Full article...)

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Image 1Dutch engraving of Mocha in 1692 (from History of coffee)
Image 2Caffè Florian in Venice (2015) (from Coffee culture)
Image 3Commercial espresso machine (from Coffee preparation)
Image 4"Discussing the War in a Paris Café", The Illustrated London News, 17 September 1870 (from Coffeehouse)
Image 5Family in Söderhamn, Sweden, seated for fika (c. 1916) (from Coffee culture)
Image 6Statue of Fernando Pessoa by Lagoa Henriques, next to the A Brasileira café, in Chiado, Lisbon. (from Coffeehouse)
Image 7Coffeehouses often sell pastries or other food items. (from Coffeehouse)
Image 8Coffee grinder (from Coffee preparation)
Image 9Moka 2 Cup Coffee Fountain (from Coffee preparation)
Image 10Centre Place, Melbourne. Australia and New Zealand have competing claims as being the birthplace of the "flat white". (from Coffeehouse)
Image 11A Viennese coffeehouse (2004) (from Coffee culture)
Image 12Wheel coffee grinder (from Coffee preparation)
Image 13Interior of an espresso bar from Baliuag, Philippines (from Coffeehouse)
Image 14The Café de Flore 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 15Palestinian women grinding coffee, 1905 (from History of coffee)
Image 16Café neon sign in Breda (from Coffeehouse)
Image 17Dutch coffee-roasting machine, c. 1920 (from Coffee preparation)
Image 18The Grey Owl Coffee shop in Norman, Oklahoma (from Coffeehouse)
Image 19A coffeehouse in Damascus (2003) (from Coffee culture)
Image 20Caffè San Marco in Trieste, known for its artists, writers and intellectuals (2014) (from Coffee culture)
Image 21Pope Clement VIII: The Pope who popularised coffee in Europe among Christians (from History of coffee)
Image 22Home espresso machine without pump (only with steam pressure) (from Coffee preparation)
Image 23Central European Habsburg coffee house culture: news, coffee, the glass of water and the marble table top (2004) (from Coffee culture)
Image 24Coffee house culture between Vienna and Trieste: the coffee, the newspaper, the glass of water and the marble tabletop (from History of coffee)
Image 25Various grinders for coffee and spices (from Coffee preparation)
Image 26A 1652 handbill advertising coffee for sale in St. Michael's Alley, London (from History of coffee)
Image 27Rumah Loer, a contemporary-style coffee shop (Indonesian: rumah kopi kekinian) in Palembang, Indonesia (from Coffeehouse)
Image 28A coffeehouse in Cairo, 18th century (from Coffeehouse)
Image 29Café Zimmermann, Leipzig (engraving by Johann Georg Schreiber, 1732) (from History of coffee)
Image 30A variation on the moka pot with the upper section formed as a coffee fountain (from Coffee preparation)
Image 31Café Tortoni is an emblematic café in Buenos Aires. Frequented by Jorge Luis Borges among many other figures of Argentina. (from Coffeehouse)
Image 32The Coffee Bearer by John Frederick Lewis (1857) (from History of coffee)
Image 33A coffeehouse in London, 17th century (from Coffeehouse)
Image 34Kaffa kalid coffeepot, by French silversmith François-Thomas Germain, 1757, silver with ebony handle, Metropolitan Museum of Art (from History of coffee)
Image 35Caffe Reggio on MacDougal Street in New York City's Greenwich Village which was founded in 1927 (from Coffeehouse)
Image 36A café in a former church, Utrecht (from Coffeehouse)
Image 37A coffee bearer, from the Ottoman quarters in Cairo (1857) (from Coffee culture)
Image 38A Viennese café (from Coffeehouse)
Image 39The 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 40The word coffee in various European languages (from Coffeehouse)
Image 41An espresso by the glass in Trieste - in the local dialect "Nero in B" (from Coffee culture)
Image 42A cup of coffee with cheesecake at a cafe in Helsinki, Finland (from Coffee culture)
Image 43Café Mélange, Vienna (from Coffeehouse)
Image 44Cafés in central Tirana (2017) (from Coffee culture)
Image 4518th 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 46Coffeepot (cafetière "campanienne"), part of a service, 1836, hard-paste porcelain, Metropolitan Museum of Art (from History of coffee)
Image 47Allow cold brew to steep for 8 to 24 hours (from Coffee preparation)
Image 48Inside of a kopitiam, Malaysia (from Coffeehouse)
Image 49Syrian Bedouin from a beehive village in Aleppo, Syria, sipping the traditional murra (bitter) coffee, 1930 (from History of coffee)
Image 50Filter coffee being brewed (from Coffee preparation)
Image 51Caffè Florian in Venice (from Coffeehouse)
Image 52A coffee shop at a library in Melbourne (2006) (from Coffee culture)
Image 53Roadside café on the summer terrace. Buryatia, Russia (from Coffeehouse)
Image 54Single serve Vietnamese drip filter (from Coffee preparation)
Image 55Trieste from where the cappuccino spread (from Coffeehouse)
Image 56Café Kampela, Helsinki (from Coffeehouse)
Image 57Coffee break in Belgrade (2013) (from Coffee culture)
Image 58Moka pot (from Coffee preparation)
Image 59Les Deux Magots in Paris, once a famous haunt of French intellectuals (2006) (from Coffee culture)
Image 60Drip coffee maker (from Coffee preparation)
Image 61In 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 62Home espresso machine with pump (from Coffee preparation)
Image 63A coffee shop in Angeles City, Philippines (from Coffeehouse)
Image 64A shop specialised in drip coffee in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand (from Coffeehouse)
Image 65Monsooned Malabar arabica, compared with green Yirgachefe beans from Ethiopia (from History of coffee)
Image 66Coffee plantation (from History of coffee)

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... that coffee production in Puerto Rico peaked during Spanish colonial rule, but was much reduced after the island was annexed by the United States in 1898?

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Coffee cherry tea is an herbal tea made from the dried skins and/or pulp of the fruit of the coffee plant that remain after the coffee beans have been collected from within. It is also known as cascara, from the Spanish cáscara, meaning "husk". It is similar to a traditional beverage in Yemen and Ethiopia. Starting about 2005 it was independently developed and promoted for export by Salvadoran coffee farmer Aida Batlle. The dried whole fruits are also eaten like raisins.

It is different from cáscara sagrada tea, a powerful plant-based laxative derived from Rhamnus purshiana, which is native to the Pacific Northwest. (Full article...)

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Coffee production in Ethiopia

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A coffee farmer with a basket of coffee beans in Ethiopia

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... that Kenyan coffee farmer "Pinkie" Jackson amassed Africa's largest collection of native butterflies?
... that actor Tatsunari Kimura ate pancakes and drank coffee while talking for eight hours during the filming of the television drama Old-Fashioned Cupcake?
... that the Claudia Quintet was born out of an incident at alt.coffee?
... that in a copyright infringement case over a coffee-table history of the Grateful Dead, the Second Circuit held that a reuser can still claim fair use despite negotiating with the rights holder?
... that the city council of Bandung in the Dutch East Indies initially met at the site of a former coffee-packing factory?
... that Arab Coffeehouse depicts Henri Matisse's visit to Tangier, where he saw its locals gaze for hours into fishbowls?
... that Bob Dylan poked Emmylou Harris when he wanted her to start singing during the recording of "One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)"?
... that the Chronicle of the 20th Century was so heavy that it was said to be "the first coffee table book seriously to threaten the well-being of coffee-tables"?

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World Coffee Research – a 501 (c)(5) nonprofit program of the international coffee industry. (Wikipedia article: World Coffee Research)
Coffee Research Foundation – based in Kenya, and founded in 1908
Central Coffee Research Institute – based in Chickmagalur District, India, and founded in 1915

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v t e Coffee
Topics	Economics Fair trade History International Coffee Day Single-origin coffee Third-wave coffee
Production	Coffee production Organic coffee Shade-grown coffee Sustainable coffee List of countries by coffee production Coffee roasting Coffee wastewater Decaffeination Home roasting
Species and varieties	Arabica Benguet Blue Mountain Bonifieur Bourbon Geisha Kona Maracaturra Maragogipe Molokai S795 Sagada Charrieriana Liberica Barako Racemosa Robusta Sulu
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Organization lists	Bakery cafés Coffee companies Coffeehouses
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Serving vessels	Coffee cup sleeve Cezve Demitasse spoon Tasse à café Zarf
Competitions	United States Barista Championship World Barista Championship World Brewers Cup
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v t e Coffee production by region
Top 20 producers (2014)	Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Ethiopia Guatemala Honduras India Indonesia Java Ivory Coast Mexico Nicaragua Papua New Guinea Peru Tanzania Thailand Uganda Vietnam
Other cultivators	Angola Bolivia China Cameroon Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo East Timor Guadeloupe Guam Haiti Jamaica Kenya Laos Martinique Panama Paraguay Philippines Puerto Rico Sri Lanka United States (Hawaii) Venezuela
Lists	List of countries by coffee production List of countries by coffee exports

v t e Coffee in Italy
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Historical Coffeehouses	Antico Caffè Greco Caffè Bardi Caffè-Pasticceria Cova Caffè Florian Caffè Giubbe Rosse Caffè Lavena Caffè Michelangiolo Caffè Quadri Caffè San Marco Caffè Fiorio Caffè Gambrinus Gran Caffè Doney Palazzina Majani, Bologna Pedrocchi Café Antico Caffè Spinnato
People	Alfonso Bialetti Francesco Illy Luigi Lavazza Angelo Moriondo
Technology	Bialetti Caffitaly Cimbali FrancisFrancis De'Longhi Elektra Faema Gaggia La Marzocco Lelit Rancilio Saeco Smeg
Drinks	Affogato Barbajada Bicerin Bombardino Caffè corretto Caffè crema Caffè macchiato Espressino Espresso Lungo Ristretto Doppio Latte macchiato Marocchino Mocaccino Shakerato Gassosa al caffè Moretta
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