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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  „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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  „Our first coffee house in Texas was bought from Christians who advertised themselves as a Christian coffee house. Not a Christian coffee house open to all walks of life, but a coffee house for Christians to meet and edify. This was not only a terrible business move (alot of non-Christians felt unwelcomed and overwhelmed by the Christian concerts, the literature and blatant pro-Christian artwork concerning Hell and it's members) but it didn't serve a purpose in it's community. Christians still didn't like it because the drinks were unbelievably terrible and the owners refused advice from those of us who knew espresso.“

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  „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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  „full bodied and rich, yet smooth enough for the casual coffee drinker. For the more "professional strength" coffee drinkers in my office, this coffee holds up very well to their demanding tastes. Everyone is a satisfied customer at our little communal coffee stand.“

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Basic Black - Coffee for the next generation - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada

  „David Sullivan, of St. Andrews, an innkeeper, writer and coffee drinker who has, in fact, written about coffee drinking, adds cream to take the edge of his morning cup of wake-up juice. He too believes there is a relationship between personality and coffee additives, if only in the mind of the person drinking the coffee. "I don't know if (coffee says anything about personality) but the people themselves might think so which is perhaps the only thing that matters," he said.“

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