Devil's cup

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

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