The Devil’s CupWritten by Stewart Lee Allen
Marissa Endow
Overview
We follow Stewart Lee Allen
Coffee, coffee and more coffee!
World travel plays a huge factor
Ethiopia, Yemen, Turkey, Vienna, Paris, Brazil & America
Did coffee have a lasting global impact?
Ethiopia: The start of it
all… First place we visit as the reader
Coffee was discovered here first, here it was born.
Friendship ceremony
Harrar
Muslim village
Witchcraft, magic and slavery
The influential role of isolation
Magic?
Ceremonies, exorcisms, healing powers
Sacrifice
Rumors of “psychedelic powers” sparked the trade of coffee
Egypt
Harrar 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
The Turks
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”? Banned!
Paris
Camille Desmoulins
1789
Rebellion, mobs, chaos … in a café
Outcome is the government being overthrown
Coffee Power
Wherever the bean goes, the output is success!
Ottomans
Arabs
Great Britain
Pre-Caffeinated Man vs. Caffeinated man
Brazil
Slavery cultivation of coffee
Deforestation
Cultural exchange
French Brazilians
De Cleui (1717)
America
He takes route 66, 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?
It’s Effect on Western Civilization
Resistance & Enlightenment
Revolutions
Major Events
Slave Trade
Cultural Exchange
Politics
Religion
THE END