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Introduction

Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially available. There are also various coffee substitutes.

Coffee production begins when the seeds from coffee cherries (the Coffea plant's fruits) are separated to produce unroasted green coffee beans. The "beans" are roasted and then ground into fine particles. Coffee is brewed from the ground roasted beans, which are typically steeped in hot water before being filtered out. It is usually served hot, although chilled or iced coffee is common. Coffee can be prepared and presented in a variety of ways (e.g., espresso, French press, caffè latte, or already-brewed canned coffee). Sugar, sugar substitutes, milk, and cream are often added to mask the bitter taste or enhance the flavor.

Though coffee has become a global commodity, it has a long history tied closely to food traditions around the Red Sea. The earliest credible reports of coffee drinking pertain to the plant's use among the Sufis of Yemen (southern Arabia) in the middle of the 15th century. Up to the end of the 17th century, most of the world’s coffee was imported from Yemen. But as the beverage gained in popularity, coffee started to be cultivated in Java in the 17th century, as well as in the Americas from the 18th century onward. (Full article...)

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Coffee production has been a major source of income for Vietnam since the early 20th century. First introduced by the French in 1857, the Vietnamese coffee industry developed through the plantation system, becoming a major economic force in the country. After an interruption during and immediately following the Vietnam War, production rose once again after Đổi mới economic reforms, making coffee second only to rice in value of agricultural products exported from Vietnam. (Full article...)

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Image 1Coffeehouses often sell pastries or other food items. (from Coffeehouse)
Image 2A VertuoLine machine and capsules (from Nespresso)
Image 3Cafés in central Tirana (2017) (from Coffee culture)
Image 4A pair of Nespresso Magimix M100 machines (from Nespresso)
Image 5A cup of coffee with cheesecake at a cafe in Helsinki, Finland (from Coffee culture)
Image 6Filter coffee being brewed (from Coffee preparation)
Image 7Drip coffee maker (from Coffee preparation)
Image 8Coffee house culture between Vienna and Trieste: the coffee, the newspaper, the glass of water and the marble tabletop (from History of coffee)
Image 9Café Ekberg in Helsinki in 2024 (from Coffeehouse)
Image 10Caffe Reggio on MacDougal Street in New York City's Manhattan which was founded in 1927 (from Coffeehouse)
Image 11A coffee shop at a library in Melbourne (2006) (from Coffee culture)
Image 12The Coffee Bearer by John Frederick Lewis (1857) (from History of coffee)
Image 13Coffea branches (from Coffea)
Image 14Café Tortoni is an emblematic café in Buenos Aires, frequented by Jorge Luis Borges among many other figures of Argentina. (from Coffeehouse)
Image 15Coffea arabica flowers (from Coffea)
Image 16The base of a first-generation Nespresso machine capsule holder; as well as the raised squares which controls capsule rupture points, the holes between the squares through which the espresso exits the holder are also visible (from Nespresso)
Image 17A variation on the moka pot with the upper section formed as a coffee fountain (from Coffee preparation)
Image 18Coffea racemosa fruits (from Coffea)
Image 19Monsooned Malabar arabica, compared with green Yirgachefe beans from Ethiopia (from History of coffee)
Image 20Wheel coffee grinder (from Coffee preparation)
Image 21Freshly harvested coffee cherries (from Coffea)
Image 22Café Zimmermann, Leipzig (engraving by Johann Georg Schreiber, 1732) (from History of coffee)
Image 23A modern Starbucks coffee chain location in Knoxville, Tennessee with a drive-through. (from Coffeehouse)
Image 24A Nespresso store in Lugano, Switzerland (from Nespresso)
Image 25Commercial espresso machine (from Coffee preparation)
Image 26Family in Söderhamn, Sweden, seated for fika (c. 1916) (from Coffee culture)
Image 27The word for coffee in various European languages (from Coffeehouse)
Image 28Caffè San Marco in Trieste, known for its artists, writers and intellectuals (2014) (from Coffee culture)
Image 29Coffea flower (from Coffea)
Image 30Beans inside a Coffea arabica fruit (from Coffea)
Image 31Coffeepot (cafetière "campanienne"), part of a service, 1836, hard-paste porcelain, Metropolitan Museum of Art (from History of coffee)
Image 32Home espresso machine without pump (only with steam pressure) (from Coffee preparation)
Image 33The Café de Flore on the Rive Gauche in Paris is one of the oldest coffeehouses in the city. It is celebrated for its famous clientele, which included high-profile writers and philosophers. (from Coffeehouse)
Image 34Ripe Coffea arabica fruits (from Coffea)
Image 35The Federal Coffee Palace, built on Collins Street, Melbourne, in 1888, was the largest and grandest Coffee Palace ever built. It was demolished in 1973. (from Coffeehouse)
Image 36Caffè Florian in Venice (from Coffeehouse)
Image 37Les Deux Magots in Paris, once a famous haunt of French intellectuals (2006) (from Coffee culture)
Image 38Moka 2 Cup Coffee Fountain (from Coffee preparation)
Image 39"Discussing the War in a Paris Café", The Illustrated London News, 17 September 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War (from Coffeehouse)
Image 40Moka pot (from Coffee preparation)
Image 41Coffea fruit cross section (from Coffea)
Image 42Coffea fruits, Bali (from Coffea)
Image 43Rumah Loer, a contemporary-style coffee shop (Indonesian: rumah kopi kekinian) in Palembang, Indonesia (from Coffeehouse)
Image 44Pollen grains of Coffee plant (from Coffea)
Image 45Coffee grinder (from Coffee preparation)
Image 46A shop specialised in drip coffee in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand (from Coffeehouse)
Image 47Dutch coffee-roasting machine, c. 1920 (from Coffee preparation)
Image 48Coffeepot, by French silversmith François-Thomas Germain, 1757, silver with ebony handle, Metropolitan Museum of Art (from History of coffee)
Image 49Single serve Vietnamese drip filter (from Coffee preparation)
Image 5018th century French plan of Mocha, Yemen. The Somali, Jewish and European quarters are located outside the citadel. The Dutch, English, Turkish and French trading posts are inside the city walls. (from History of coffee)
Image 51In a pour-over, the water passes through the coffee grounds, gaining soluble compounds to form coffee. Insoluble compounds remain within the coffee filter. (from Coffee preparation)
Image 52Coffea arabica beans germinating (from Coffea)
Image 53Coffee plantation (from History of coffee)
Image 54A coffee bearer, from the Ottoman quarters in Cairo (1857) (from Coffee culture)
Image 55Statue of Fernando Pessoa by Lagoa Henriques, next to the A Brasileira café, in Chiado, Lisbon (from Coffeehouse)
Image 56Dutch engraving of Mocha in 1692 (from History of coffee)
Image 57Home espresso machine with pump (from Coffee preparation)
Image 58A coffeehouse in London, 17th century (from Coffeehouse)
Image 59Palestinian women grinding coffee, 1905 (from History of coffee)
Image 60A coffee shop in Bacoor, Philippines (from Coffeehouse)
Image 61Various grinders for coffee and spices (from Coffee preparation)
Image 62A Nespresso store at Plaza Indonesia (from Nespresso)
Image 63Allow cold brew to steep for 8 to 24 hours. (from Coffee preparation)
Image 64A coffeehouse in Cairo, 18th century (from Coffeehouse)
Image 65Centre Place, Melbourne. Australia and New Zealand have competing claims as being the birthplace of the "flat white". (from Coffeehouse)
Image 66Pope Clement VIII: The Pope who popularised coffee in Europe among Christians (from History of coffee)
Image 67Trieste, Italy from where the cappuccino spread (from Coffeehouse)
Image 68Caffè Florian in Venice (2015) (from Coffee culture)
Image 69German Empot coffee maker (from Coffee preparation)
Image 70A 1652 handbill advertising coffee for sale in St. Michael's Alley, London (from History of coffee)
Image 71Syrian Bedouin from a beehive village in Aleppo, Syria, sipping the traditional murra (bitter) coffee, 1930 (from History of coffee)
Image 72A traditional aluminium pod (left) and a paper pod (right) compared (from Nespresso)
Image 73A Viennese café (from Coffeehouse)
Image 74A Viennese coffeehouse (2004) (from Coffee culture)
Image 75Nespresso paper pods (from Nespresso)
Image 76A coffeehouse in Damascus (2003) (from Coffee culture)
Image 77Nespresso machine containing professional-grade Nespresso pods, incompatible with the regular capsules (from Nespresso)
Image 78Interior of an espresso bar from Baliwag, Philippines (from Coffeehouse)
Image 79A pair of the VertuoLine style pods (from Nespresso)
Image 80Central European Habsburg coffee house culture: news, coffee, the glass of water and the marble table top (2004) (from Coffee culture)

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Espresso and tonic or espresso tonic is a non-alcoholic mixed drink made by mixing espresso and tonic water. First recorded in 2007, the drink became popular in Scandinavia before spreading to North America, Japan, and around the world. The key ingredients are espresso and tonic water, but other flavourings may be added. (Full article...)

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World Coffee Producers Forum

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos addresses the first World Coffee Producers Forum in 2017

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v t e Coffee
Topics	Economics Fair trade History International Coffee Day Single-origin coffee Third-wave coffee
Production	Coffee production Organic coffee Shade-grown coffee Sustainable coffee List of countries by coffee production Coffee roasting Coffee wastewater Decaffeination Home roasting
Species and varieties	Arabica Benguet Blue Mountain Bonifieur Bourbon Geisha Kona Maracaturra Maragogipe Molokai S795 Sagada Charrieriana Liberica Barako Racemosa Robusta Sulu Stenophylla
Components	Cafestol Caffeic acid Caffeine Coffee bean Furan-2-ylmethanethiol Kahweol
Preparation	AeroPress Arabic coffee Jebena Brewed coffee Chemex Cezve Chorreador Coffeemaker Cold brew nitro Drip coffee Espresso doppio lungo ristretto Espresso machine French drip Karlsbad coffee maker French press Instant coffee Coffee syrup Knockbox Moka pot Neapolitan flip coffee pot Percolator Turkish coffee Yazdi coffee Vacuum maker Single-serve coffee container
Coffee drinks	Affogato Americano Beaten coffee Bica Bicerin Black Russian Cà phê sữa đá Café au lait Café com cheirinho Café con leche Café de olla Café Touba Caffè corretto Caffè crema Caffè macchiato Caffè mocha Cappuccino Carajillo Coffee cabinet Coffee milk Cortado Café Cubano Dalgona coffee Egg coffee Einspänner Espresso Flat white Frappé coffee Frappuccino Galão Garoto Gassosa al caffè Iced coffee Indian filter coffee Ipoh white coffee Irish coffee Karsk Kopi Kopi luwak Kopi tubruk Kurdish coffee Latte macchiato Latte Liqueur coffee Long black Lungo Marocchino Mazagran Moretta Oliang Raf coffee Red eye Ristretto Rüdesheimer Kaffee Tenom coffee Turkish coffee White coffee White Russian Wiener Melange Yazdi coffee Yuenyeung
Organization lists	Bakery cafés Coffee companies Coffeehouses
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Substitutes	Barley coffee Barley tea Barleycup Caro Cereal coffee Chicory Dandelion coffee Inka Maya nut Postum Qishr
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Competitions	United States Barista Championship World Barista Championship World Brewers Cup
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v t e Coffee production by region
Top 20 producers (2014)	Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Ethiopia Guatemala Honduras India Indonesia Java Ivory Coast Mexico Nicaragua Papua New Guinea Peru Tanzania Thailand Uganda Vietnam
Other cultivators	Angola Bolivia China Cameroon Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Guadeloupe Guam Haiti Jamaica Kenya Laos Martinique Panama Paraguay Philippines Puerto Rico Sri Lanka Timor-Leste United States (Hawaii) Venezuela
Lists	List of countries by coffee production List of countries by coffee exports

v t e Coffee in Italy
Roasters	illy Lavazza Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group Caffè Pascucci Caffè del Doge Guglielmo Caffè
Historical Coffeehouses	Antico Caffè Greco Caffè Bardi Caffè-Pasticceria Cova Caffè Florian Caffè Giubbe Rosse Caffè Lavena Caffè Michelangiolo Caffè Quadri Caffè San Marco Caffè Fiorio Caffè Gambrinus Gran Caffè Doney Palazzina Majani, Bologna Pedrocchi Café Antico Caffè Spinnato
People	Alfonso Bialetti Francesco Illy Luigi Lavazza Angelo Moriondo
Technology	Bialetti Caffitaly Cimbali FrancisFrancis De'Longhi Elektra Faema Gaggia La Marzocco Lelit Rancilio Saeco Smeg
Drinks	Affogato Barbajada Bicerin Bombardino Caffè corretto Caffè crema Caffè macchiato Espressino Espresso Lungo Ristretto Doppio Latte macchiato Marocchino Mocaccino Shakerato Gassosa al caffè Moretta
Other	Barista Caffè sospeso Easy Serving Espresso Pod Espresso machine IperEspresso ISSpresso Lavazza A Modo Mio Moka pot Neapolitan flip coffee pot