The History Of Coffee

Would life be possible without coffee? Would our modern society cease to function if we could no longer drink our dark piping hot caffeine elixir?

Our story begins in a dark, scary time in human history. The Precaffazine.

The ancient land of Ethiopia may be the cradle of all humankind. But more importantly it is the birthplace of coffee. Here in the mountainous rainforests near Kaffa, coffee has grown wild for millennia.

We don’t exactly know when humans first began consuming coffee. But the most popular story involves some happy goats.

The history of coffee is a fascinating one. One connected to mystical Muslim Sufi’s, French revolutionaries, slaves, soldiers, constipation and alcohol-soaked toddlers. So what is the history of coffee? Well. Let’s find out!

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[iammrbeat]

And what a surprise, I'm drinking coffee as I watch this.

[DRKNT]

Coffee: *exists*

Africa: cool
Asia: cool
Americas: cool
Europe: WE MUST ENSLAVE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO GET AS MUCH OF THIS AS POSSIBLE

[ray]

"Grounds for divorce". Nice.

[happycatlovesyou]

Cogito, I don't know if it's just me, but if you put a little extra shine on this video, it shows. What quality graphics, what great writing, what interesting research. Really knocking it out of the park.

[SohanDsouza]

I am a simple man. I see raving cartoon party goats, I click video link.

[prashr]

Coffee plants have died.
India: Lets grow some tea.
Coffee plants are back.
India: Lets grow both coffee and tea.
Britain: All your stock is mine.

[pancakesbf]

Coffee is banned
Arabs: Dude, uncool

[aarspar]

Fun fact: Douwes Dekker's novel Max Havelaar is one of the literatures that changed the Netherlands' colonial policy in Indonesia to Etische Politiek (Ethical Policy) that treated the native Indonesian population more as people, not just subjects. Although the policy was a failure, this in turn sparked the Indonesian National Awakening which culminated in 1928's Sumpah Pemuda (Youth Pledge). The Pledge sparked the Indonesian National Revolution and eventually led to Indonesian Proclamation of Independence in 1945. Dutch Decolonialisation of Indonesia also sparked the call for decolonialisation in Africa and elsewhere.

Coffee helped Douwes Dekker to write Max Havelaar, which in turn helped to change the Netherlands' colonial policy, which in turn sparked the National Awakening, which in turn sparked the National Revolution, which led to Indonesian Proclamation of Independence, which in turn sparked the decolonialisation elsewhere in the world.

So, you could say that coffee sparked colonialism and put an end to it.

[eragoncarvahall]

"The ancient land of Ethiopia, maybe the cradle of All Human Kind!!!

...but more importantly, the birthplace of coffee."










I see nothing wrong here

[eragoncarvahall]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how detailed, not only visually, but how densely informative and entertaining your videos are? The quality holds up every video and I leave each time humbled with a "Huh.. I didn't know that, very cool", kinda feeling


Thank you for your energy and efforts
They are helping to educate and entertain many :)

[charlesbordyiii]

I'm starting to think we should contract youtubers to teach our children history. Your stuff is fantastic, man.

[creamCarnivalJones]

Wow coffee is such an interesting religion. Might convert

[kellygarrett]

I genuinely appreciate that you don't skip over the negative and unfortunate parts of the history, as so many tend to do when covering coffee trade. Thank you for your informative video!

[Temujin]

As a side note the urban legend about everyone in Medieval and Early Modern Europe being totally reliant on alcohol due to unclean water is mostly untrue. Most people had access to wells, springs or streams and it was only really in the major towns and cities that people had issues accessing clean drinking water. Even then, while alcoholic drinks were the most popular choice, other clean drinks (such as fruit juices and milk) were available and popularly consumed too. Alcoholic dinks were much more widely consumed than today but not everyone totally relied on them for clean water and there were other options.

[matthewmcneany]

"Costa Rica on the other hand avoided mass slavery through a fortuitous genocide"


😢

[jensdekens]

The animation is beautiful! You really deserve more subs

[mickmickymick]

A small side-note, cafe culture is also credited with introduction a revolution in soccer tactics in central Europe in the 1930s, which led to the dominance of Hungary in that period of the game.


And thanks for posting your sources, Crash Course don't do this, so you're already ahead of them.

[ArsLongaVitaBrevis]

I'd like to highly mention that it's important to take into account the Siege of Vienna of Ottomans. After cancellation of the siege of Vienna, Coffee bags of Ottomans were left at the Vienna front. So Austria was met Coffea Arabica

[Arduinopia]

I'm Ethiopian and Oromo. It's delightful to hear about my country's history from abroad.

[crookbrother]

Aww you deserve many more viewers, a lot of work was put into this and it shows.