The „Brown Gold” reaches Europe

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Since the coffee bean was introduced on trade routs, coffee was popular primarily in the large trading cities. Venice clearly had the monopoly on coffee trade, where most of the huge amounts of coffee were unloaded and traded. London, Marseilles, Amsterdam and Hamburg were also key cities.
Nearly the only way to transport raw coffee was by ship, where large amounts could be moved at once. However, the demand for this new drink was so great that the slow ship transport was not enough to keep up. Soon traders found their way by land to western parts of Europe.

The close northern border of Osmania bought Vienna onto the map as a large coffee trade city. In 1665, Sultan Mehmed IV had a palace built in Vienna, including a separate kitchen for the preparation of coffee. Coffee was used by the citizens of Vienna, however, the creation of a coffee house in 1683 changed it to a public passion. Interestingly enough, only after this cafe was built did coffee spread and become widely used. Ships would be loaded in Mocha and Jiddah, near Mekka, and were brought to the European port cities.

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