The Devil’s CupWritten by Stewart Lee Allen
Marissa Endow
Overview
We follow Stewart Lee Allen
Coffee, coffee and more coffee!
Did coffee have a lasting global impact?
To answer his question, he travels around the world to four specific regions: North Africa, Europe, South America and North America.
Ethiopia, Yemen, Turkey, Vienna (Austria), Paris (France), Brazil & America
Ethiopia
First place we visit as the reader
Coffee was discovered here first, here it was born.
Friendship ceremony
Harrar
Muslim village
Witchcraft and magic inside the
walls of the city.
The influential role of isolation
Coffee = Magic
In Harrar :
Ceremonies, exorcisms, healing powers
Sacrifice
Rumors of “psychedelic powers” sparked the trade of coffee
Egypt
Red Sea
Prayer From an Ethiopian Cult:
Coffee pot give us peace
Coffee pot let children grow
Let our wealth swell
Protect us from the evils
Qat: “Coffee’s Evil Sister”
Leafy, addictive drug
Destroyed the economy
Threatened coffee’s existence
Narcotic sometimes considered
equal to heroin.
Heavily affected Yemen
Turkey
Control over the port of Mocha (al-Makkah)
The Turks introduced coffee to many countries including France and Austria.
They also developed the modern coffee cup
They practice a similar custom to the Ethiopian friendship ceremony.
Who is Murad IV? How was his ban of coffee in Turkey affect the rest of the coffee world?
Vienna
Kolschitzky first café, using abandoned beans left behind by the Turks.
Was he working alone?
Among earliest coffee drinkers in Europe
The cappuccino, kapuziner
This name and specific type of coffee itself is derived from the Viennese monks.
A Revolution!
Drinking alcohol represented wealth
“Drunk as a lord”
Affecting all of Europe
Coffee was an alternative
“Black Wine”
Sparked the creation of coffeehouses everywhere
Taverns vs. Coffeehouses, “modern office”?
Brazil
Slavery cultivation of coffee
Deforestation
Cultural exchange
French Brazilians
De Cleui (1717)
America
He travels around the country in search for the best cup of coffee
Coffee houses lead to…
Stock exchange
Competition
Exchange of ideas
Present day Is the United States being affected by an addiction?
Coffee Power
Wherever the bean goes, the output is success!
Ottomans
Arabs
Great Britain
It’s Effect on Western Civilization
Resistance & Enlightenment
Revolutions
Major Events
Slave Trade
Cultural Exchange
Politics
Insurance
Religion
THE END