. Coffee; its history and also its remarkable growth in the world of commerce. Coffee. [from old catalog]. be eaten by his people. Another party maintained that it was an intoxicant, and as the Koran prohibits the use of intoxicants, it could not be partaken of by the faithful. However, it was soon discovered that coffee was neither a fuel nor an intoxicating bever- age, and so it came into general use. It began to be cultivated in Yemen, in southern Arabia, and for two centuries the entire supply of ihe world came from there. Even today the celebrated Mocha, or Mukha, comes from Yemen. In 155
. Coffee; its history and also its remarkable growth in the world of commerce. Coffee. [from old catalog]. be eaten by his people. Another party maintained that it was an intoxicant, and as the Koran prohibits the use of intoxicants, it could not be partaken of by the faithful. However, it was soon discovered that coffee was neither a fuel nor an intoxicating bever- age, and so it came into general use. It began to be cultivated in Yemen, in southern Arabia, and for two centuries the entire supply of ihe world came from there. Even today the celebrated Mocha, or Mukha, comes from Yemen. In 1554 coffee houses were opened in Constantino- • pie, which for just a century had been in the hands of the Turks, and from thence it was carried to Venice ^in 1615, though it was not generally known of there. A Frenchman, de la Haye, should really have the credit of its introduction into Europe, he having brought it to Marseilles, together with apparatus for making the infusion, and slaves to do it, in 1644. Strange to say, the Parisians did not get a taste of the strange eastern drink for nearly twenty-five years afterward, though Thevenot, the traveller, brought it there in 1658. The Ambassador who came from Constantinople to Paris, in 1664, began to give coffee parties, and they soon be- came the rage, so that about 1690 a Florentine, one Procope, had a coffee-house, or cafe, which was the lesort for the celebrities of the day, including Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomson & Taylor spice co. , Chicago. [from old catalog]. Chicago, Thomson & Taylor spice company
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