Ireland's Barista Championship (2007)

Patrick Bewley, SCAE awards Andtius Valinga (the boss) winner of the National Barista Championships 





                                                                       




    Liv




                                                          

                                                      Radovan



                           

                                



                                    Peter, Alberto,Corrado,Zsolt







 



            Fabio,Giuseppe,Alberto,Alexandra,Iwonka,Corrado











                              Ania T. , 2 Tomek,Yan,Peter

                                             

                                            Chin and Grace

   
 


                                                Mick and Paul











                                    Zoltan and Beatrice











                                                   Bewley s

                                

                                         Me , Simone and Simona

                                        Aldo,Yan,Ania,Nicky and Fabio









                                       ..... and Alessandro








                                   

                           Celine, Anastasia and Sarah









                                Radovan,Yan and Martin













                                    Grainne and Agnieszska











                                       Anetta and Tomek

                                    Tomek,Fabio and Joris

Coffee


History of coffee

Coffee is a brewed beverage prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the coffee plant. Today, coffee is one of the most popular beverages worldwide.
Coffee was first consumed in the ninth century, when it was discovered in the highlands of Ethiopia.
From there, it spread to Egypt and Yemen, and by the 15th century, had reached Azerbaijan, Persia, Turkey, and northern Africa. From the Muslim world, coffee spread to Italy, then to the rest of Europe, to Indonesia, and to the Americas.
Coffee berries, which contain the coffee bean, are produced by several species of small evergreen bush of the genus Coffea. The two most commonly grown species are Coffea canephora (also known as Coffea robusta) and Coffea arabica. These are cultivated in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Once ripe, coffee berries are picked, processed, and dried. The seeds are then roasted, undergoing several physical and chemical changes. They are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor. They are then ground and brewed to create coffee. Coffee can be prepared and presented in a variety of ways.

Coffee has played an important role in many societies throughout modern history. In Africa and Yemen, it was used in religious ceremonies. As a result, the Ethiopian Church banned its secular consumption until the reign of Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia.It was banned in Ottoman Turkey in the 17th century for political reasons, and was associated with rebellious political activities in Europe.





Coffee use can be traced at least to as early as the ninth century, when it appeared in the highlands of Ethiopia^] According to legend, Ethiopian shepherds were the first to observe the influence of the caffeine in coffee beans when the goats appeared to "dance" and to have an increased level of energy after consuming wild coffee berries. The legend names the shepherd "Kaldi." From Ethiopia, coffee spread to Egypt and Yemen.It was in Arabia that coffee beans were first roasted and brewed, similar to how it is done today. By the 15th century, it had reached the rest of the Middle East, Persia, Turkey, and northern Africa.

From the Muslim world, coffee spread to Italy. The thriving trade between Venice and North Africa Egypt, and the Middle East brought many goods, including coffee, to the Venetian port. From Venice, it was introduced to the rest of Europe.

Coffee became more widely accepted after it was deemed a Christian beverage by Pope Clement VIII in 1600, despite appeals to ban the "Muslim drink." The first European coffee house opened in Italy in 1645 The Dutch were the first to import coffee on a large scale, and they were among the first to defy the Arab prohibition on the exportation of plants or unroasted seeds when Pieter van den Broeck smuggled seedlings from Aden into Europe in 1616.The Dutch later grew the crop in Java and Ceylon. The  first exports of Indonesian coffee from Java to the Netherlands occurred in 1711. Through the efforts of the British East India Company, coffee became popular in England as well. It was introduced in France in 1657, and in Austria and Poland after the 1683 Battle of Vienna    coffee   is captured from supplies of the defeated Turks.