H.C. & Culture – Historic Cafes Route

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Jul 2023

History

Napoleon loved coffee!

How Historic Cafés Route and Destination Napoleon meet? Well, history says that Napoleon Bonaparte was a huge coffee admired. And this is certainly a reason for the two certified by…

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Feb 2023

H.C. & Culture

Portugal

What about a “bica”?

The arrival of coffee in Europe, certainly changed our lives, our habits and of course enriched our vocabulary with new expressions and words. "Bica" for example is the term commonly used…

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Jun 2022

H.C. & Culture

History

George Steiner: Europe is made up of coffee houses, of Cafés

Francis George Steiner, (April 23, 1929 – February 3, 2020) was a Franco-American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, and educator. He wrote extensively about the relationship between language, literature and…

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Jun 2022

H.C. & Culture

Music

Bach’s comic satire on coffee overconsumption (Video)

The Café Zimmermann, or Zimmermannsches Kaffeehaus was the coffeehouse of Gottfried Zimmermann in Leipzig which formed the backdrop to the first performances of many of Bach's secular cantatas, and instrumental…

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Apr 2022

H.C. & Culture

1652 AD London

The first ad of coffee

The story of coffee goes back to the 13th century, when it came out of Ethiopia, then spread to Egypt and Yemen. It reached the Middle East, Turkey, and Persia…

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Apr 2022

H.C. & Culture

Lesser Ury, Painter

Evening at Café Bauer – Berlin

Cafés, like other catering establishments, were the second home for many Impressionist artists.

04

Apr 2022

H.C. & Culture

From Izmir to London

Garraway’s Coffee House

In 1651, a young member of an English family active in the Levant trade left Izmir (or Smyrna as it was then known) to travel with his personal assistant to…

04

Apr 2022

H.C. & Culture

Coffee