Importance of Coffee in Literature and Around the World by Jaimie Cipkas

Coffee Plant

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Where does coffee come from?

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Coffee comes from the plentiful land of Ethiopia, but was first cultivated in the Middle East, and has become a cultural symbol of unity and great taste.

Harvesting Coffee 17th Century

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https://www.kcur.org/2014-01-09/how-coffee-influenced-the-course-of-history

Introduction of Coffee to Europe

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The introduction of coffee took the world, especially Europe, by storm. Coffee was brought to Europe by trade, and coffee houses were soon created and became places for the poor or the rich to come together and have conversations about life.

Coffee in the Americas

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When Europeans were on their conquests to the Americas and around the world, they brought coffee with them. While tea was most popular in the Americas, it became a symbol of revolution against the British when the Boston Tea Party occurred in 1773.

Coffee in America became one of the many symbols of breaking away from the British Empire.

Significance of Coffee to Indigenous Tribes

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Coffee held sacred spiritual significance, especially for the indigenous tribes of Ethiopia. Indigenous communities in Mexico have used coffee for medicinal purposes and even agroecological practices.

Using parts of the coffee plant as a medicinal practice included treating headaches, digestive problems, and fatigue.

https://espressooutlet.com/blogs/news/ethnobotanical-study-of-coffee-in-indigenous-communities?srsltid=AfmBOorG246dgeDEPr5Gc8ym-st3aQXUQUUhF8NbCNlwpOpQwzCvI6e-

How Coffee Houses served the literary and artistic world

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In the mid-17th century and thereafter, coffeehouses and cafés have been the central hub for artists and literary greats, both physically and figuratively, to come together and find some consistency in their lives.

These coffee houses were originally called 'penny universities' in Europe, and were used for intellectual conversations between creatives.

They have become a standpoint for intellectual enlightenment.

Examples of Coffee in Literature

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Many great authors have used coffee as motivation to become creative, and most have used it for energy to complete their great works.

An example of coffee in literature is Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises".

"In the morning, I walked down the Boulevard to the Rue Soufflot for coffee and brioche. It was a fine morning. The horse-chestnut trees in the Luxembourg gardens were in bloom. There was the pleasant early-morning feeling of a hot day. I read the papers with the coffee and then smoked a cigarette."

In this story, coffee represents a sense of normalcy in a time when everything is chaotic and scary. Coffee becomes a symbol of something that you know is not going to change.

Extra Link About the History of Coffee

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Coffee Connected to Class Readings

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While coffee was not directly talked about in the class readings, my research shows that it is connected to the indigenous people's connection to nature and utilizing her gifts as medicine, and bringing people together. Most of the texts emphasize the importance of food that reflects the cultural values of their tribe or their people in general.

Inca Poetry #5

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(Look at Coffee Connected to Class Readings first)

O, my Lord,

my Creator, origin of all,

diligent worker

who infuses life and order into all,

saying, "Let them eat,

let them drink in this world:"

Increase the potatoes and corn,

all the foods

of those to whom you have given life,

whom you have established.

You who orders,

who fulfills what you have decreed,

let them increase.

So the people do not suffer and,

not suffering, believe in you.

Let it not frost

let it not hail,

preserve all things in peace.

Coffee and America

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Connection to people in Literary world and works

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Coffee has become a fundamental symbol for characters in written works, to become united in intellectual conversations about the world and life. Coffee through literature describes the history, and the coming together of cultures from around the world where they can converse freely without judgement.