Do You LoveCoffee?

The other day an article titled “Does coffee prolong life?” spread rapidly on social media. I believe it was an article written by Dr. Yasemin Bradley based on a scientific paper published abroad. In essence, although the study's data are open to debate, the conclusion drawn is that 3 cups of coffee consumed a day have positive effects on human health.

Right after reading this article, thinking about how much I have loved coffee since my childhood, a very interesting piece of paper was placed in front of me as a placemat at a restaurant where I sat down to have lunch. In fact, the placemat was an advertisement or promotional sheet for a café (Coffeemania) that has opened branches in our country through franchising. With the thought of coffee going around in my head, of course I read what was written on the paper in one go.

It told how Europe was first introduced to coffee when, at the end of the Second Siege of Vienna, the retreating Ottoman army left behind the 500 sacks of coffee they had taken with them. Coffee, which first became famous in Vienna, was introduced to Paris by the Ottoman envoy, who presented it as “Turkish Wine”. The envoy, who marketed coffee by saying that “those who die with coffee in their stomachs will go to heaven”, soon added the French court to the ranks of coffee addicts as well. The coffee that the English envoy took with him when returning to his country was sold in pharmacies as a medicine before it had yet been brewed in the cezve and created addicts…

Finally, the text ends by describing coffee as black as the devil, hot as hell, beautiful as heaven and sweet as love.

What can I say. I wanted to share these short notes about coffee, which I love in almost every way it is brewed, with you too. I wish you all healthy days in which you can drink your coffee with pleasure.