Before There Was Tea, There Was Coffee (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„Not everyone agreed that coffee was a blessing for England. Because at this time nearly all coffee was imported from the Ottoman Empire, some saw the coffee bean as a “Mahometan berry” that would undermine not only traditional English ale but also Christian values. One pamphleteer argued that the coffee craze was damaging the English economy, by lowering demand for grain, the chief ingredient of ale and beer. He also complained that too many shopkeepers and tradesmen were neglecting their businesses for coffee shops, “where, meeting friends, they have sat talking three or four hours, after which, a fresh acquaintance appearing, and so one after another all day long, hath begotten fresh discourse, so that frequently they have staid five or six hours together.” In 1674, some London wives echoed this concern in a petition that complained of the hours that husbands wasted in coffee houses.“

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Tea & Coffee 06/04 - World News (#)

„Guatemala - Christian Rasch, vice president of the Guatemalan National Coffee Association, Anacafé, announced in the closing ceremony of the International Competition “The Exceptional Cup 2004” the names of the 23 coffee lots that will be sold through the Internet on June 15. Topping the list were Huehuetenango in the first, second, fifth and ninth place; Jalapa in the third and seventh position, followed by Chimaltenango, Sacatepéquez (where the famous Antigua region is located) and Alta Verapaz (where Cobán is from). For the first time, a cooperative ranked as high as to be in the top five.“

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Tea & Coffee 03/01 - Editor's Letter (#)

„Every segment of the in­dustry: growers, exporters, importers, brokers, and roasters. Discussing the many risk factors involved and how they deal with uncertainties during daily coffee trading will be: Oscar Schaps (moderator), Hencorp; Mark Fichtel, NYBOT; Henry Dunlop, Atlantic Coffee Co.; Christian Wolthers, Blasers & Wolthers, and Judy Gaines-Chase, InterCommerical Markets. The discussion is divided into three parts including, Part I: "What is Risk Man­agement?," Part II: "Risk Management Tools," and Part III: the Question and Answer Period.“

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View topic - Kicking around the idea....Christian coffeehouse - Coffee Forum (#)

„I helped with the start-up and managed a Christian coffeehouse in Indianapolis last year before starting my own coffee roaster. If you have any direct questions feel free to email me and I will give you as much info as I can. In the process of starting the coffeeshop last year I flew all over the U.S. checking out coffeeshops including Christian coffeeshops and discovering why they succeeded or failed.“

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History of Coffee from Coffee Universe (#)

„Many felt the pope should ban coffee, calling it the drink of the devil. To their surprise, the pope, already a coffee drinker, blessed coffee declaring it a truly Christian beverage. Coffee houses spread quickly across Europe becoming centers for intellectual exchange. Many great minds of Europe used this beverage, and forum, as a springboard to heightened thought and creativity.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Wine is consumed to relax, and coffee to drive home. For the Moslems, the world's first coffee drinkers, coffee was the "wine of Apollo," the beverage of thought, dream, and dialectic, "the milk of thinkers and chess players." For the faithful Moslem it was the answer to the Christian and pagan wine of Dionysus and ecstasy.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„In the case of Intelligentsia, a roaster in Chicago, the retail and wholesale best seller was the same, an interesting coffee called Black Cat Blend. And Christian Waskiewicz, roastmaster at Alpen Sierra in Lake Tahoe, California, cheated a little by sending what he considered his best coffee along with his company's best-selling coffee.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„It became secularized, but the religious association remained. Some Christians at first were wont to brand coffee as "that blacke bitter invention of Satan," as opposed to good Christian wine, but in the sixteenth century Pope Clement VIII is said to have sampled coffee and given it his official blessing.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„The body is rather full for a Kenya, and the cup almost shockingly rich. Given the theme of the cupping, this Kenya is something of a ringer: Christian Waskiewicz, Alpen Sierra president and roastmaster, says it's not his best-selling coffee, but his best coffee. Alpen Sierra is a smallish, quality-oriented roasting firm fou“

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Health Page 1 (#)

„Well, this was a retaliation move for the Islam banning wine asa "Demonic drink". Fortunately, the Pope liked the coffee so much he blessed it,converting it into a Christian beverage. The 15th Century coffee houses, became so popularthat they were identified as dens of immorality and vice.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„With eight new stores in the heart of European coffee culture, Viennese wags are talking about the ''Starbucks effect,'' which to Christian Wurmdobler, writer for the magazine Falter, means ''you can finally go into a coffeehouse and order a latte without them scowling at you.''“

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Search - Coffee Forum (#)

„I am so excited to have found this forum and this posting regarding Christian Coffee Houses. This has been a vision of mine since 1999 and have found a partner who also shares this vision.“

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View topic - Welcome, Introduce Yourself! - Coffee Forum (#)

„Good luck in your new venture. I served as Treasurer for a lnot-for profit Christian coffeehouse here in Madison WI. If I can be of any help, please let me know!“

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Sweet Maria's Coffee Cupping Reviews: Archive pre-2000 (#)

„Balance is very important to a good blending base! This coffee is brokered by the respected Brazil expert Christian Wolthers .“

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