When laziness overcomes, and to force itself to start to create new affairs it is very difficult, in the help to many the cup of tasty, fragrant coffee comes. A lot of interesting and mysterious facts are connected with this wonderful invigorating drink, and in every country it appeared in some special way.
Everyone has long known that the history of coffee goes back to ancient times. There is a legend that once, an Ethiopian shepherd noticed that goats, after chewing unknown red berries, become much more active and vigorous than usual. After that, he thought of trying fruit and leaves of a mysterious tree.
After experiencing an inexplicable tonic effect, the shepherd Caldim told about his discovery to the abbot of the monastery. The monk tried the red berries and, feeling the same effect, decided that the decoction of the leaves and fruits of the tree should be very useful. Thus, the first "caffeines" in the world were none other than monks and nuns, who managed not to sleep during the night service.
After many years, coffee successfully spread from Ethiopia to all nearby countries. In Europe, the first cup of a fragrant drink was tried in the 16th century. And only in the 19th century coffee became popular in America, Italy and Indonesia.
Today this noble drink is timed with a real holiday - International Coffee Day, which is celebrated all over the world with great cordiality, and a good "cheerful" mood. Despite the fact that most of the country has celebrated its coffee holiday long ago, the official International Coffee Day appeared only a couple of years ago. In this article we will dig a bit into the history and traditions of this interesting event.
The history of World Coffee Day
In many parts of the world, for many years, the celebration of coffee was celebrated, beginning in the middle of September, and ending with the first October days.
Today's date for the celebration of the International Coffee Day - October 1, was officially approved only recently - in March 2014. Up to this point, the days of the festival in each country were different. For example, Brazil and Denmark allocate May days for the reverence of coffee; Costa Rica, Mongolia, Germany and Ireland - September; New Zealand, Belgium, Mexico and Malaysia celebrate the coffee feast on September 29, and only Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Britain set aside to celebrate the most popular drink on October 1st.
The initiative to celebrate the "general" International Coffee Day belongs to the Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization, established in 1963. The main task in the work of the organization is to unite the producing countries, with the countries consuming coffee, in order to improve the commodity exchange, the quality of the products and thereby strengthen the market relations.
In honor of the first celebration in 2014, the first Coffee Forum and the 115th Session of the International Coffee Council were held. As part of these events, the organizers signed an agreement with
It's nice to see that in many cities in honor of World Cafe Day in restaurants and cafes everyone is served a cup of coffee for free.