Comments on: History of Coffee : All About Coffee History

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:32:47 +0000

Maeda – I believe you are wrong. The article is referring to a different person. But even if he/she is talking about the same person as you, Yes, this person was murdered by the Sultan – also, you are wrong about the date. He was killed on the 6th of October 1522 on the order of the Sultan. Not 1524. He just didn’t die. He was killed and yes, not for coffee but for the lack of confidence in him by the Sultan. So get your facts straight first before posting. A quick search in google books would show you some books as old as 150 years old saying the same.

By: big Joe

big Joe — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:10:00 +0000

@Maeda I have no idea how you’ll bring race into this but I’ll leave that up to you to explain.

First, Khair Beg was a Governor in Mecca. All the books I’ve seen referred to him as “young governor of Mecca”
and no place in the article did the writer say he was killed in 1511.

As for the name, can you please provide some book reference? Can’t see “khairy Bek” anywhere.

By: Maeda

Maeda — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:19:59 +0000

Hello , i’ve read the story , just like many stories told about coffee that has no evidence (no offence) . but there’s this one racist thing i came across that i just don’t get , why is it even has to get racist in a story about COFFEE ?! . It says that Khair Beg (suppose to be khairy Bek ) was governor of MECCA , that’s just eye-to-eye distorting , he was actually governor of Halab in Egypt ! and it says he died in 1511 , he actually died in 1524 , and it says that the sultan of arabia killed him , now , why do we always have to be shown as killers ?! if someone read history of muslims would probably know that no one can kill somebody because of coffee ! any ways , khairy got killed in Egypt , not in Arabia , and he belonged to the Mamalek kingdom which didn’t take much place in Arabia . Sorry for making this long .

By: Valerie

Valerie — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:31:39 +0000

Can’t wait to share some of this info on my TV show-”Food Talks with Valerie”. The first show of my second season will be on coffee!

By: Jaden

Jaden — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:13:05 +0000

Thank you so much! It’s so interesting what people will do to get their cup everyday! This is such a large help to my research paper!

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:43:15 +0000

Thanks for the info! I’ve found it difficult to find a bit of information on both the world history of coffee and focus on coffee in North America! This was very helpful…Thanks!!!

By: Lyn

Lyn — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:22:50 +0000

Thank you for this interesting history. I had no idea of the many countries coffee traveled to and became such a sought after drink (especially during the alcohol prohibition). It was interesting to learn how the bean was smuggled in to some of them and how coffee sales became a profitable way of life. Thanks these are good informative stories for the barista bar.!!

By: vikas prasad

vikas prasad — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:09:51 +0000

Hartley thank you . bcz this is very help ful for me bcz after few months i ll open my own cafe

By: Murugan

Murugan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:53:47 +0000

It is an interesting website.. Definitely all coffee enthusiasts must read..

By: Delia

Delia — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:15:35 +0000

Thanks!! This really helped me understand what I needed to for my national history day report on the coffee grnder. I needed some background referance about coffee, and this site gave it to me.

By: Maddie

Maddie — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:18:07 +0000

Thank you so much! My report for national history day is about coffe!

By: KeithF

KeithF — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:50:09 +0000

Yumm, Nothing like havimg a “Miller” Beer with your wheeties

By: Randi

Randi — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:49:05 +0000

Thanks for the helpful info.
I think I’ll really enjoy telling people this story about coffee. (I already wrote a summary about it.)
How funny, that sheep were the 1st ones to know about all of this. & just how crazy other countries attacked when they realized that they were on a mission to get themselves some.
It also was an interesting fact to learn how much the alchohol ban had an impact on coffee in America. & even farther back, in the earlier day of New York when beer was the breakfast beverage.

By: Elizabeth G.

Elizabeth G. — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:18:52 +0000

the link includes the Nescafe commercial shown in the late 1980′s with La Colegiala as the theme music — but this is the French version of the commercial (it’s LONG) I can’t find a copy of the English one on the internet — for anyone who’s interested…