I believe it was Blue Lion coffee that I purchased at the bicentennial re-enactment of the Battle of New Orleans in Chalmette, Louisiana in 2015. To this day, it is the best coffee I've ever had, and I'm so glad I've found it again after all these years! Cheers to you, Ryan!
Coffee actually came to Europe via Ottoman conquests in the Balkan region of Europe (where i live actually, so i know the story) where the Turks brought the culture of drinking it to their conquered feudal lands. Coffee spread to the rest of Europe during the Great Vienna War of 1683. When the Turks were invading Vienna. As the siege failed when the Polish king Jan Sobieski arrived with his army and the Ottomans fled, they left lots of armaments, ammunition, supplies behind them - including big sacks of coffee beans. One of the heroes of Vienna War was Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki. He was a merchant in Vienna who snuck through the enemy ranks because he knew Turkish and provided his army with vital information about the enemy. After the siege he was regarded a hero and King Leopold gave him lots of material goods, including a house in Leopoldstadt. The King asked him to take anything from the defeated Ottoman goods that were confiscated and he was surprised when Jerzy took hundreds of sacks of strange beans that everyone thought were camel food, but on his travels to Istanbul he learned about roasting coffee, so he knew what it was right away. He opened the first coffee shop in Vienna; then the second and third and the King granted him pardon from tax paying in the 20 year period. But the business was not blooming for him. For the people of Vienna the roasted nutty, earthy drink was too bitter, so he had to act quickly. First he tried to sweeten the drink with honey, but he soon came up with mixing the drink with milk and a bit of sugar, known as "Wiener Melange". Coffee prepared that way soon became a big hit in Europe, with French calling it "Crema" with sweet heavy cream and Italians called it "Cappuccino", serving it with milk foam on top. Thought you would like to know about the real story, Ryan!
This vid reminded me I ran out of my last order of Blue Lion. Put in my order for two more bags of whole bean. Looking forward to trying the Two Moons you just posted.
The American Civil War was also a huge reason coffee held popularity in the USA. It was shipped by the US Government to Union troops to every front, and Union soldiers would trade their coffee beans for tobacco and other commodities with southern soldiers and civilian traders (northern smugglers also sold coffee in the South for a high risk, high reward profit). The South loved coffee even before the war; when the Northern blockade started taking its toll, coffee became a lucrative commodity.
@EnigmaticLucas That's particularly funny when you consider that there is a native caffeine-producing plant in North America: the Yaupon Holly. My favorite tree, and a plant with an interesting history. It's scientific name, ilex vometoria, derives from the Native American ritualistic drinking of its tea to excess and vomiting (the only emetic compound in the leaf is caffeine, so that must have been a lot of tea). With that sort of association, it's not surprising it never caught on.
I've had to have re-learned about the boston tea party every year from elementary school to 8th grade, and not once was coffee mentioned. I have no idea why US public school is so allergic to helpful context.
Another fun fact they left out: the tea wasn’t leaves but tea bricks that were compressed tea leaves. Each brick was several pounds. A lot more tea was dumped than we were taught. It was a major upset to the EIC.
They want us to be disassociated from our past so that they can rewrite it without anyone noticing. The Korean War often gets a single page in a textbook, if even that, yet it’s still technically ongoing and shapes our current foreign policy.
Austria has a very specific legend about how coffee was introduced which is even told in school. After the second siege of Vienna by the Ottomans, sacks of coffee-beans were found, but nobody knew what they were so the Austrians assumed it was camel fodder. However an Austrian diplomant had been on a mission to Istanbul and requested the sacks of coffee and then opened up the first of Viennas legendary coffee houses. To rousing success. And that's how Austria became one of the prime coffee nations in the world and spent absurd amounts of money on importing it in the decades and centuries to come.
I went to Costa Rica years ago and ate one of those little red coffee fruits with the bean in the middle. I swear, I felt a jolt when I bit into it! Not sure if that was my imagination, but I’ve always wondered. My mom’s family is from backwoods Vermont-English, Irish, and Scots-Irish. They have been in backwoods northeastern Vermont since the 1700s. The only part of America I can imagine without coffee is backwoods Vermont, because the only hot thing they ever drank was tea. Maybe they switched to something else during the revolutionary war, but they definitely went back to tea after that. I still have their tea of choice in my pantry (Red Rose).
@@_DeadEnd_ There's a story I've heard that it was an Ethiopian goat herder who discovered it when he saw his goats dancing around after eating the leaves and berries from the bush. Probably apocryphal but still interesting.
The distinct advantage that tea had (still has) over coffee for people who had limited means of transport is that the weight and volume of tea leaves required to make a good brew is way less than that of the coffee beans needed to make the same amount of quality beverage. Add to that that tea doesn't require specialist paraphernalia and is much simpler to make and it is easy to see why it would be preferred by colonists living away from major centres, especially in 'frontier' country. Black tea also has an advantage in shelf life.
@@_DeadEnd_ I would think that humans, in their ever unending need to eat to survive, eventually had coffee berries and found out it got them REALLY alert and awake. Raw or cooked in stews and soups... Whichever way they could eat, either just the red pulp or including the seeds and leaves.
Random fun fact: Speaking of history of coffee, the reason famous programming language, Java, using a cup of coffee as it's logo bcuz the Java developers used to drink Java coffee beans while developing Java programming language, coffee beans from Java (The name of an island in Indonesia. It is famous for its coffee beans.)
Another famous coffee house in England is Lloyd’s, which became a hub of shipping knowledge and insurance and developed into the global insurance company today as well as a reference of shipping underwriting
All because the proprietor of the original coffee house realized that if he allowed businessmen to reserve certain tables they'd stay and do their business there all day...ordering coffee for themselves and their clients in the process.
"Once you drink coffee, you don't give up coffee" 😂 SO true. And why would I ever want to ... it's absolutely Divine. Fascinating video, Sir, Thank You! I had no idea coffeehouse culture was so old ... penny universities ... brilliant.
Rest in peace? If you aren't an adult after being an adult, then what would you be other than dead? Your comment doesn't make much sense so I guess you haven't had your morning cup of Joe yet.
I'm 71. I began drinking coffee at 18 -- what's that? 53 years ago? I was a Java junky -- 10 cups per day -- is a cup of coffee still 6 ounces, heh-heh? My morning ritual -- get up and out of the house by 6 AM. Go to the cafe', drink 7 bottomless cups, smoke 7 cigarettes (oh the good old days), sometimes eat breakfast, use their bathroom for my other morning ritual, and then go to work at 8 AM before the restaurant got crowded. Thank God, I am alive.
Thank you for sharing these stories of coffee in America. Most videos or articles I read pretty much stop at the Boston Tea Party. "Tea dumped. People switched to coffee."
The distinct advantage that tea had (still has) over coffee for people who had limited means of transport is that the weight and volume of tea leaves required to make a good brew is way less than that of the coffee beans needed to make the same amount of quality beverage. Add to that that tea doesn't require specialist paraphernalia and is much simpler to make and it is easy to see why it would be preferred by colonists living away from major centres, especially in 'frontier' country. Black tea also has an advantage in shelf life.
You're making specious connections. Tea was more popular than coffee in America for political and economic reasons which changed from the 18th to the 19th century. It is nothing to do with weight, paraphernalia, or shelf life on the frontier or we'd have the stereotypical image of a cowboy sitting down to a cup of fireside tea. The change in popular tastes are a result of cultural shifts and the movement away from a British and colonial identity.
Watching your video reminded me of being in German class back in the early 1970's. We sang a song about coffee in German: K-a-f-f-e-e, trink nicht so viel Kaffee! Nicht für Kinder ist der Türkentrank, schwächt die Nerven, macht dich blass und krank. Sei doch kein Muselmann, der ihn nicht lassen kann In English it means: C-o-f-f-e-e, don't drink so much coffee! The Turkish potion is not for children, weakens your nerves, makes you pale and sick. Don't be a Muslim who can't let it go
@@darkjanggo Caffeine is supposed to increase blood flow, which can increase oxygen delivery to the brain. The underlying cause of migraines is unknown. Caffeine doesn't always help though and can produce negative effects like nausea and vomiting. It mostly depends on how early into a migraine cycle it is caught. If it is caught early, caffeine and medicine can help fend off the worst of it. Otherwise, it can contribute negatively.
"Coffee. The finest organic suspension ever devised. I beat The Borg with it." ~Captain Janeway I know, this is Townsends, not Star Trek. The finest organic suspension ever devised is the best way to describe it, so I'm sharing. Love love love coffee! Black, dark, rich, smooth, beloved coffee.
It's actually false that caffeinated drinks cause dehydration because nothing (barring some modern "energy drinks") contains enough caffeine on a per-cup basis to remove more hydration from the body than the drink contains. And we're only irritated when we don't have any. 😉
You have many different kinds of coffee regular, decaf, instant, latte, cappuccino,hot coffee and cold coffee plus many different brands of coffee have a wonderful coffee day today, Thank You.☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕
I love this evaluation of coffee and coffee houses in this video! It makes me think of the gradual rise of Vienna coffee houses and what people of Austria did. How the coffee house became a communal center, and an area to learn and discuss topics/politics. Seems to be a theme in many countries of the 17th-19th century.
I grow my own coffee and tea in PA. We don't get a lot of coffee beans, but it's fun to grow and roast what we get! The red parts around the seeds of the coffee can be dried and brewed like tea.
America without coffee?!?! Thats like the sky without the blue, the grass without the green. It's just impossible to me to think of America without coffee.
I was sitting here in my jet tub drinking snowy elk coffee from wyoming, in my blue boarshead mug. I opened youtube, and saw this video with the same mug im using! I used to have the beautiful seafoam green ship mug that you sold. Unfortanely it was knocked off the counter and shattered a couple summers ago. My wife bought me the blue mug to supprise me.
If you've never read A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage, I highly recommend it. He talks about how drinks were influenced by - and helped influence - what was going on in the world throughout history, and he discusses, in depth, topics such as the rise and fall of tea and, as mentioned in the video, 'penny universities'. Highly interesting book, and helps one understand history better.
Wow Ryan... fascinating. We bought some of your coffee at Crockett Days the end of August from a Sutler Shawnee Iacono. We even ground in mortar and pestle and cooked on our fire. Only dark roast will do. I have conquered the roasting to my tastes using an oven. If ever I'm forced to do open fire I'm certain I'll get it right. My first effort was 20 years ago using an air popcorn popper... never again! Thanks for the research.
Highly recommend the book "A History of the World In Six Glasses" for more on the history of coffee and tea (as well as wine, beer, strong spirits, and Coca-Cola). Excellent book. Coffee has an interesting history as the drink of businessman, intellectuals, and revolutionaries - a number of businesses originated in the coffeehouses of London where merchants met to swap stories and make deals.
Coffee entered Europe after the Ottoman Empire defeat at the Siege of Vienna in 1529, when they fled they left coffee beans and equipment for brewing in their tents which was seized.
It’s also worth mentioning that the American colonies’ geographic location was very convenient for getting coffee as well as chocolate since they were near the Caribbean and South America, both excellent places for growing coffee and chocolate and so that probably made it a whole lot cheaper to import than if you were say England importing it from really anywhere it could be grown since you’d be paying more for the same product that you also can’t get at a discounted price because the British East India company doesn’t have a monopoly on it like they do with tea
I'm not a coffee drinker, but I absolutely enjoy the smell of it and love the feel of the coffee beans in my hands. Love the history of coffee that you covered as well. Excellent job!
I ordered some of Ryan's coffee. It's good, recommend :) Fun fact! You can buy the dried coffee cherries, after the bean has been taken. It's kinda like a dried cherry or grape, and you brew it like tea. Has caffeine, less than coffee..interesting if you can track it down.
Thanks, Ryan - loved the history lesson almost as much as I love my coffee. (No tea for me!) I've tried your Captains Choice, Rangers Roast and Pirate's Blend -- all wonderful, but I really liked your Ranger's Roast best! I don't need any right now, but I've signed up for your "new releases" e'mails. I'll be back for more!
It would be tough to separate the junkies from their drug of choice. Caffeine is a powerful and extremely addictive drug. Not as harmful as most drugs but you'd be surprised at how much better it is to wake up without having to get your fix every morning.
Love the history lesson, Townsends ads and the ad for Ryans business all wrapped up in this format. It kept me interested and left me wanting not just more but also a hot cup of coffee. Thank you for all you do.
Always great seeing some videos with Ryan. I feel like he lends perfectly to the channel format and brings an interesting perspective and a lot of knowledge to the table. Cheers, gents!
Amazing video. Third wave coffee is booming. Cheers to Ryan and the Townsend team for linking up the history of coffee and the Boston tea part. Great history.
Hi there guys, just discovered your channel and give you a huge thumps up from germany. Perhaps I can shed a bit of light on the history of coffee in europe: it was known in Europe since the early middel ages but considered a drink of the arabs or muslims. Most historians think it became popular after the 2nd siege of Wien by the turkish army which left, after their defeat, beside huge stocks of arms also huge stocks of provisions. Among them several tons of coffee. The aristocracy and rich merchant class of the city started to drink coffee for its waking effect (und supposedly aphrodisic-effect). From there coffee found it's way in the upper classes through whole europe and in the beginning of the 18th century was known and consumed all over europe. From there it found it's way to the new world. So that's what I have still in mind from what I learned at university and may be out of date. As a passionate coffee drinker I say: well done your video and thanks a lot for widening my horizone of knowledge 😁
Coffee arabica tree or the common coffee originated in Keffa area of Ethiopia where you can still find thousands of varieties of wild grown arabica trees in forests.
I don't drink much these days (I tend to overdo it and get all jittery) but the aroma and flavor is top notch. When winter arrives I usually brew it up more often.
you are just an addict... just go without it for a couple of months until your nervous system fixes itself so you will NOT need coffee in the morning...
@@bigguy7353try adding some lemon to the water and some coarse salt to your tongue to drink the water over. Amazing wake up. I also could not imagine my morning without coffee and I drink decaf. Just love the smell and taste. Don’t need the caffeine. With the water +salt (thanks, Dr. Andrew Huberman), I am content without coffee for a few hours.
I was pretty much forced to give up caffeine about 2 years ago from the consult of a doctor concerning my heart... I miss coffee so much. I loved sodas, but after the first couple months that craving was gone. I still crave a dark cup of coffee every single morning. I tried decaf for a while, but it isn't the same.
I continue to be thankful your Channel exists, guys. I've been watching for a very long time and I return for your informative yet relaxed vids. It's a real joy to see a new vid.
I have received the whole beans for the Pirates Blend, Wake Me Up Before You Go Jo, and the Captains Blend. All are sooo delicious! I love the roasts and the body and the flavor! I even drink them in the evening sometimes. Looking forward to stocking up for the Christmas and New Years season!! So happy I found your business.
Not drinking coffee in the U.S. nowadays is like the Jim Gaffigan skit where he's telling everyone he doesn't drink booze. "You don't drink, why? Is it okay if I drink?" 😂😅 gotta love that socially accepted stimulant addiction!
It's so awesome that you emphasize that the Tea Act was not a tax, but a tax break on the East India Company, and this is what triggered the Boston Tea Party. So many people get this history wrong, simplifying it to "they were protesting the tea tax." The tea tax was not popular, but that law was in place for a long time before the anger we see in the Tea Party really broke out. The injustice of a tax break for a big corporation, while the small importers of New England were being bled (unless they simply smuggled), that was what really boiled things over. These days, people who think taxes are too high for them, or more extreme think taxes are always evil, will harken to this supposed history, this idea that the country was founded on hatred for any sort of tax. If you look at the real events though, you could make a case for the typically opposite political stance - tax breaks for wealthy corporations are not fair. Ultimately, the nuances of the 18th century wont map perfectly onto any contemporary debate, but there is till so much to learn from them. Nobody likes paying taxes, but fundamentally it's unfairness that will trigger the most outrage. The motto to remember is "no taxation without representation." The fact that colonist didn't have a say in how they were being governed, and taxed, was far more important than the taxation itself. This unfairness, like the unfairness of giving tax cuts to the East India Company, was what brought about the fervor of the revolution.
I remember watching a study they did with monkeys & one if the things that really got them riled was when things were unfair (like, the guy in the next cage would get melons & they would get oats, that kind of thing).
Jan Sobieski III, the Polish king that saved the Austrians in 1683 and the siege of Vienna. His officer Kulczycki following a dangerous rout of a Turkish garison, saw some bags of coffee. The prize was taken back to the king. The first coffee houses (so the tale goes) popped up in Vienna - as well as back home in Poland. As fashion grew and the liking for the beverage began to spread to great trading capitals such as Amsterdam and London; both traders and colonists took this beverage with them. Many a tale (if all this is) has Poland to thank, in part. Some do say there too lay origins to those staples of cheesecake and bagels too, much loved to this day. 😉
So great. Got to meet Ryan at Stone's Trace this weekend where my wife bought some Blue Lion coffee beans. I am not a coffee drinker but I am excited to try it.
Great video, Ryan! I remember hearing (and I’m not sure if this is apocryphal or not) that during revolutionary times, a person entering a public house would be asked if they wanted coffee or tea, and the answer indicated whether the person was a patriot or a loyalist.
I appreciate the history lesson on coffee! I have learned something new. I am a coffee drinker myself. My grandmother used to grind her own cofee beans some of the best tasting cofee.David Back from Menifee county Kentucky.
Well, Turks (Ottoman Empire then) learned it from Yemeni people who learned it from Ethiopia. But you’re right, coffee is from originally from Ethiopia.
Yes it was probably originally from eastern parts of Ethiopia ( not all of modern day ethiopia ). But apparently the arabs were the first to introduce it to many areas. Where it slowly moved up until it reached Europe.
This was a magnificent presentation. 👌☕️ I watch a lot of history documentaries, and Ryan is every bit as good as the subject experts they use on the History Channel!
I'm drinking some one else's portion! What do you mean coffee keeps you awake? Good thing we are not all alike😊 Coffee is my drink of choice, forget sodas, beer, wine..... coffee please! Black, no sugar, thank you! I do drink mint and herbal teas from my garden, winter time mostly.
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I believe it was Blue Lion coffee that I purchased at the bicentennial re-enactment of the Battle of New Orleans in Chalmette, Louisiana in 2015. To this day, it is the best coffee I've ever had, and I'm so glad I've found it again after all these years! Cheers to you, Ryan!
Coffee actually came to Europe via Ottoman conquests in the Balkan region of Europe (where i live actually, so i know the story) where the Turks brought the culture of drinking it to their conquered feudal lands.
Coffee spread to the rest of Europe during the Great Vienna War of 1683. When the Turks were invading Vienna. As the siege failed when the Polish king Jan Sobieski arrived with his army and the Ottomans fled, they left lots of armaments, ammunition, supplies behind them - including big sacks of coffee beans.
One of the heroes of Vienna War was Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki. He was a merchant in Vienna who snuck through the enemy ranks because he knew Turkish and provided his army with vital information about the enemy. After the siege he was regarded a hero and King Leopold gave him lots of material goods, including a house in Leopoldstadt.
The King asked him to take anything from the defeated Ottoman goods that were confiscated and he was surprised when Jerzy took hundreds of sacks of strange beans that everyone thought were camel food, but on his travels to Istanbul he learned about roasting coffee, so he knew what it was right away.
He opened the first coffee shop in Vienna; then the second and third and the King granted him pardon from tax paying in the 20 year period.
But the business was not blooming for him. For the people of Vienna the roasted nutty, earthy drink was too bitter, so he had to act quickly. First he tried to sweeten the drink with honey, but he soon came up with mixing the drink with milk and a bit of sugar, known as "Wiener Melange".
Coffee prepared that way soon became a big hit in Europe, with French calling it "Crema" with sweet heavy cream and Italians called it "Cappuccino", serving it with milk foam on top.
Thought you would like to know about the real story, Ryan!
Just bought a bag of Captain’s Choice and I look forward to trying it! ☕️
This vid reminded me I ran out of my last order of Blue Lion. Put in my order for two more bags of whole bean. Looking forward to trying the Two Moons you just posted.
Best coffee I have ever had.
There's something about a Townsends video that makes me feel like I'm sitting beside a fireplace in a comfy chair.
RUclips is the comfy chair and townsends is the fire place.
it might have something to do with the fireplace and chair in the video
The content Is the kind of talk you expect from granpa sitting on his comfy chair beside a fire place
Couldn't agree more! 👍
exactly thats is the feeling i got and im not even american
The American Civil War was also a huge reason coffee held popularity in the USA. It was shipped by the US Government to Union troops to every front, and Union soldiers would trade their coffee beans for tobacco and other commodities with southern soldiers and civilian traders (northern smugglers also sold coffee in the South for a high risk, high reward profit). The South loved coffee even before the war; when the Northern blockade started taking its toll, coffee became a lucrative commodity.
I remember reading that they boiled dandelions as an ersatz for coffee during the war
Tasting History did a whole episode about coffee alternatives during the Civil Wat
@EnigmaticLucas That's particularly funny when you consider that there is a native caffeine-producing plant in North America: the Yaupon Holly. My favorite tree, and a plant with an interesting history. It's scientific name, ilex vometoria, derives from the Native American ritualistic drinking of its tea to excess and vomiting (the only emetic compound in the leaf is caffeine, so that must have been a lot of tea). With that sort of association, it's not surprising it never caught on.
True ...
@@EnigmaticLucas the roots, ground, then browned after serving and chopped, were a coffee substitute.
I've had to have re-learned about the boston tea party every year from elementary school to 8th grade, and not once was coffee mentioned. I have no idea why US public school is so allergic to helpful context.
Cuz it would make us smart, and we can't have that.
Another fun fact they left out: the tea wasn’t leaves but tea bricks that were compressed tea leaves. Each brick was several pounds. A lot more tea was dumped than we were taught. It was a major upset to the EIC.
They want us to be disassociated from our past so that they can rewrite it without anyone noticing. The Korean War often gets a single page in a textbook, if even that, yet it’s still technically ongoing and shapes our current foreign policy.
They love to *not* mention a lot of things about the revolution.
Modern monotheisthic values means no coffee unfortunately.
Austria has a very specific legend about how coffee was introduced which is even told in school. After the second siege of Vienna by the Ottomans, sacks of coffee-beans were found, but nobody knew what they were so the Austrians assumed it was camel fodder. However an Austrian diplomant had been on a mission to Istanbul and requested the sacks of coffee and then opened up the first of Viennas legendary coffee houses. To rousing success. And that's how Austria became one of the prime coffee nations in the world and spent absurd amounts of money on importing it in the decades and centuries to come.
With enough coffee one could achieve anything
Great quote. Abe Lincoln 1997
The Church of the Caffeinated 😄
I achieve GERD and gastritis these days, but I know what you mean.
@@mr_sendit7Didn't he die earlier than that?
@@crypt0sFX ah you’re right. 1996
Imagine a Pope getting his first caffeine rush and excitedly telling everyone that this new dark drink is so good it HAS to be a gift from Heaven
Kinda wholesome, tbh
Nothing like having a cup of coffee on my back deck as the morning Autumn/Winter sun rises.
I went to Costa Rica years ago and ate one of those little red coffee fruits with the bean in the middle. I swear, I felt a jolt when I bit into it! Not sure if that was my imagination, but I’ve always wondered. My mom’s family is from backwoods Vermont-English, Irish, and Scots-Irish. They have been in backwoods northeastern Vermont since the 1700s. The only part of America I can imagine without coffee is backwoods Vermont, because the only hot thing they ever drank was tea. Maybe they switched to something else during the revolutionary war, but they definitely went back to tea after that. I still have their tea of choice in my pantry (Red Rose).
@@_DeadEnd_ There's a story I've heard that it was an Ethiopian goat herder who discovered it when he saw his goats dancing around after eating the leaves and berries from the bush. Probably apocryphal but still interesting.
That's un-American, but then Vermont is a very Liberal place anyway - I can see how they went right back to tea as soon as they could.
@@_DeadEnd_ Same
The distinct advantage that tea had (still has) over coffee for people who had limited means of transport is that the weight and volume of tea leaves required to make a good brew is way less than that of the coffee beans needed to make the same amount of quality beverage. Add to that that tea doesn't require specialist paraphernalia and is much simpler to make and it is easy to see why it would be preferred by colonists living away from major centres, especially in 'frontier' country. Black tea also has an advantage in shelf life.
@@_DeadEnd_ I would think that humans, in their ever unending need to eat to survive, eventually had coffee berries and found out it got them REALLY alert and awake. Raw or cooked in stews and soups... Whichever way they could eat, either just the red pulp or including the seeds and leaves.
Random fun fact: Speaking of history of coffee, the reason famous programming language, Java, using a cup of coffee as it's logo bcuz the Java developers used to drink Java coffee beans while developing Java programming language, coffee beans from Java (The name of an island in Indonesia. It is famous for its coffee beans.)
All of these things were widely known.
@@bigguy7353 I bet the vast majority of people DID NOT know that...
@@bigguy7353 Maybe to you.
I always wondered, i just always thought of coffee everytime id hear or see the JAVA name in computer stuff.
Another famous coffee house in England is Lloyd’s, which became a hub of shipping knowledge and insurance and developed into the global insurance company today as well as a reference of shipping underwriting
All because the proprietor of the original coffee house realized that if he allowed businessmen to reserve certain tables they'd stay and do their business there all day...ordering coffee for themselves and their clients in the process.
"Once you drink coffee, you don't give up coffee" 😂 SO true. And why would I ever want to ... it's absolutely Divine. Fascinating video, Sir, Thank You! I had no idea coffeehouse culture was so old ... penny universities ... brilliant.
I gave up coffee when I was four, when I drank from a cup that had soap residue at the bottom.
Always nice to see Ryan's content.
Indeed! Great host
I literally just made a cup of coffee and sat down to watch a video while I drank it. This was the first recommendation on my list 😂
I could sit here and listen to this guy talk about coffee for hours. This channel is an absolute gem.
Always good to see Ryan. He adds a lot to Townsends!
Making coffee right now 🇺🇸
Me too! Just started a pot of that black gold!
Thank God, and history for coffee. I am not sure I’d have survived adulthood without it! 😂
Rest in peace? If you aren't an adult after being an adult, then what would you be other than dead? Your comment doesn't make much sense so I guess you haven't had your morning cup of Joe yet.
@@privacyvalued4134the comment is easily parsed.
I'm 71. I began drinking coffee at 18 -- what's that? 53 years ago? I was a Java junky -- 10 cups per day -- is a cup of coffee still 6 ounces, heh-heh?
My morning ritual -- get up and out of the house by 6 AM. Go to the cafe', drink 7 bottomless cups, smoke 7 cigarettes (oh the good old days), sometimes eat breakfast, use their bathroom for my other morning ritual, and then go to work at 8 AM before the restaurant got crowded. Thank God, I am alive.
@@humboldthammeryoure a drug addict dude
Me too!
I just stumbled upon your channel a few weeks ago. You guys are fantastic! The natural lighting…the candles…the aesthetics, everything.
Just sat down with my first cup of the morning, perfect timing!
Thank you for sharing these stories of coffee in America. Most videos or articles I read pretty much stop at the Boston Tea Party. "Tea dumped. People switched to coffee."
The distinct advantage that tea had (still has) over coffee for people who had limited means of transport is that the weight and volume of tea leaves required to make a good brew is way less than that of the coffee beans needed to make the same amount of quality beverage. Add to that that tea doesn't require specialist paraphernalia and is much simpler to make and it is easy to see why it would be preferred by colonists living away from major centres, especially in 'frontier' country. Black tea also has an advantage in shelf life.
You're making specious connections. Tea was more popular than coffee in America for political and economic reasons which changed from the 18th to the 19th century. It is nothing to do with weight, paraphernalia, or shelf life on the frontier or we'd have the stereotypical image of a cowboy sitting down to a cup of fireside tea. The change in popular tastes are a result of cultural shifts and the movement away from a British and colonial identity.
Black tea absolutely doesn’t have a better shelf life especially in wet regions
@@namedrop721 You have your opinion. I don't accord it much weight.
Watching your video reminded me of being in German class back in the early 1970's. We sang a song about coffee in German:
K-a-f-f-e-e,
trink nicht so viel Kaffee!
Nicht für Kinder ist der Türkentrank,
schwächt die Nerven, macht dich blass und krank.
Sei doch kein Muselmann,
der ihn nicht lassen kann
In English it means:
C-o-f-f-e-e,
don't drink so much coffee!
The Turkish potion is not for children,
weakens your nerves, makes you pale and sick.
Don't be a Muslim
who can't let it go
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh, man. I needed that. Thank you😊
I remember that!!!
As kids we got Kinderkaffee (I think malted and roasted barley) also known as Ersatzkaffee (substitute coffee ) with milk.
@@kleineroteHex Yes! My great grandmother had Postum, another coffee substitute, which she made for me.
Me, who needs coffee to kill my migraines: "That sounds like a nightmare."
That's probably your addiction causing it in the first place.
@@Charok1 Used to think that, but when I had it checked, turns out it's a very different reason.
what's the reason?
@@darkjanggo Photophobia.
@@darkjanggo Caffeine is supposed to increase blood flow, which can increase oxygen delivery to the brain. The underlying cause of migraines is unknown. Caffeine doesn't always help though and can produce negative effects like nausea and vomiting. It mostly depends on how early into a migraine cycle it is caught. If it is caught early, caffeine and medicine can help fend off the worst of it. Otherwise, it can contribute negatively.
"Coffee. The finest organic suspension ever devised. I beat The Borg with it." ~Captain Janeway
I know, this is Townsends, not Star Trek. The finest organic suspension ever devised is the best way to describe it, so I'm sharing. Love love love coffee! Black, dark, rich, smooth, beloved coffee.
People consume more coffee than water, no wonder people are dehydrated and irritated.
It's actually false that caffeinated drinks cause dehydration because nothing (barring some modern "energy drinks") contains enough caffeine on a per-cup basis to remove more hydration from the body than the drink contains.
And we're only irritated when we don't have any. 😉
Hydro Homies unite!
You have many different kinds of coffee regular, decaf, instant, latte,
cappuccino,hot coffee and cold coffee
plus many different brands of coffee
have a wonderful coffee day today, Thank You.☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕
I love this evaluation of coffee and coffee houses in this video! It makes me think of the gradual rise of Vienna coffee houses and what people of Austria did. How the coffee house became a communal center, and an area to learn and discuss topics/politics. Seems to be a theme in many countries of the 17th-19th century.
I grow my own coffee and tea in PA. We don't get a lot of coffee beans, but it's fun to grow and roast what we get! The red parts around the seeds of the coffee can be dried and brewed like tea.
America without coffee?!?! Thats like the sky without the blue, the grass without the green. It's just impossible to me to think of America without coffee.
Without mindless addicts that act like children when they don't get their fix? I can certainly imagine it.
@@bigguy7353 A true paradise. Now if only we could cure people's sugar addiction, maybe the country wouldn't be so wide around the waist.
I was sitting here in my jet tub drinking snowy elk coffee from wyoming, in my blue boarshead mug. I opened youtube, and saw this video with the same mug im using! I used to have the beautiful seafoam green ship mug that you sold. Unfortanely it was knocked off the counter and shattered a couple summers ago. My wife bought me the blue mug to supprise me.
If you've never read A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage, I highly recommend it. He talks about how drinks were influenced by - and helped influence - what was going on in the world throughout history, and he discusses, in depth, topics such as the rise and fall of tea and, as mentioned in the video, 'penny universities'. Highly interesting book, and helps one understand history better.
A really good read! I learned so much from it.
Watching this having my special Sunday coffee and toast. Cheers to Townsends team, thanks guys, for another super video. 🥰💕❤️👍👍
Ryan is such a great story teller. Love his videos!
Cookie!!! Your episodes are the best! I love the cooking and history you incorporate in to these! Well done, sir! I watch all the episodes you do!
Wow Ryan... fascinating. We bought some of your coffee at Crockett Days the end of August from a Sutler Shawnee Iacono. We even ground in mortar and pestle and cooked on our fire. Only dark roast will do. I have conquered the roasting to my tastes using an oven. If ever I'm forced to do open fire I'm certain I'll get it right. My first effort was 20 years ago using an air popcorn popper... never again! Thanks for the research.
One of my favorite videos you guys have done! Keep up the good work. Great talking with y’all at the rendezvous yesterday!
Thank so much Sir - that was very interesting with you. I really enjoyed it!
Cheers from Poland and have a great day/night 🍻
Absolutely love Ryan's food culture videos.
Highly recommend the book "A History of the World In Six Glasses" for more on the history of coffee and tea (as well as wine, beer, strong spirits, and Coca-Cola). Excellent book. Coffee has an interesting history as the drink of businessman, intellectuals, and revolutionaries - a number of businesses originated in the coffeehouses of London where merchants met to swap stories and make deals.
Ryan is great - I could listen to him for hours - very soothing, narrative voice!
ive been drinking coffee since i was 16, but then i turned 30 two years ago and i thought why not try to stop? been without coffee since
It's crazy to think that there is so much history to each and everything we use on a daily basis.
Coffee entered Europe after the Ottoman Empire defeat at the Siege of Vienna in 1529, when they fled they left coffee beans and equipment for brewing in their tents which was seized.
That is fascinating! Thank you!
Another reason to thank the winged hussars.
It’s also worth mentioning that the American colonies’ geographic location was very convenient for getting coffee as well as chocolate since they were near the Caribbean and South America, both excellent places for growing coffee and chocolate and so that probably made it a whole lot cheaper to import than if you were say England importing it from really anywhere it could be grown since you’d be paying more for the same product that you also can’t get at a discounted price because the British East India company doesn’t have a monopoly on it like they do with tea
I'm not a coffee drinker, but I absolutely enjoy the smell of it and love the feel of the coffee beans in my hands. Love the history of coffee that you covered as well. Excellent job!
I ordered some of Ryan's coffee. It's good, recommend :)
Fun fact! You can buy the dried coffee cherries, after the bean has been taken. It's kinda like a dried cherry or grape, and you brew it like tea. Has caffeine, less than coffee..interesting if you can track it down.
Thanks, Ryan - loved the history lesson almost as much as I love my coffee. (No tea for me!) I've tried your Captains Choice, Rangers Roast and Pirate's Blend -- all wonderful, but I really liked your Ranger's Roast best! I don't need any right now, but I've signed up for your "new releases" e'mails. I'll be back for more!
It would be tough to separate the junkies from their drug of choice. Caffeine is a powerful and extremely addictive drug. Not as harmful as most drugs but you'd be surprised at how much better it is to wake up without having to get your fix every morning.
I was raised Mormon. I've tried it both ways and prefer the caffeine.
61 years old and I’ve never drunk more than a sip every few years. So yes I can imagine an America without coffee.
I’m doing my patriotic duty right now and having that truly American beverage: espresso.
Italy thanks you
Lol
Love the history lesson, Townsends ads and the ad for Ryans business all wrapped up in this format. It kept me interested and left me wanting not just more but also a hot cup of coffee. Thank you for all you do.
They are called قهوه خانه ، which means house of coffee , ( but they serve teas too )
The word coffee is Arabic from قهوه .
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خانة القهوة , It is written like this
The word “coffee” in Arabic meant wine, but it became used for the currently known coffee
Fascinating history. Thanks, Ryan. I really enjoyed this so much that I needed to go make another batch of Sumatra roast in my French press.
Coffee helped fuel the conversations that led to the Revolution. Literally the most American drink there is
Excuse me, please. I need to go and brew some *dark roast* coffee. 🙏🏻☕💙
Always great seeing some videos with Ryan. I feel like he lends perfectly to the channel format and brings an interesting perspective and a lot of knowledge to the table. Cheers, gents!
Wonderful video. Awesome job Ryan and crew.
Perfect time of the year for this! School is back in town
Amazing video. Third wave coffee is booming. Cheers to Ryan and the Townsend team for linking up the history of coffee and the Boston tea part. Great history.
Hi there guys, just discovered your channel and give you a huge thumps up from germany. Perhaps I can shed a bit of light on the history of coffee in europe: it was known in Europe since the early middel ages but considered a drink of the arabs or muslims. Most historians think it became popular after the 2nd siege of Wien by the turkish army which left, after their defeat, beside huge stocks of arms also huge stocks of provisions. Among them several tons of coffee. The aristocracy and rich merchant class of the city started to drink coffee for its waking effect (und supposedly aphrodisic-effect). From there coffee found it's way in the upper classes through whole europe and in the beginning of the 18th century was known and consumed all over europe. From there it found it's way to the new world.
So that's what I have still in mind from what I learned at university and may be out of date.
As a passionate coffee drinker I say: well done your video and thanks a lot for widening my horizone of knowledge 😁
I've never liked the stuff, but was fascinated to learn how its popularity was intertwined with the Revolutionary War.
Coffee arabica tree or the common coffee originated in Keffa area of Ethiopia where you can still find thousands of varieties of wild grown arabica trees in forests.
I don't drink much these days (I tend to overdo it and get all jittery) but the aroma and flavor is top notch. When winter arrives I usually brew it up more often.
Try some really dark roast. Dark roasts burn out the caffeine, but have way more flavor. So you can have a strong deep coffee with little caffeine.
@@WhiteSandsMbuna Good suggestion. When I do make it as of recent, I water it down a little bit too.
I'd just buy decaf. A lot of decaf is quite good nowadays and has a fraction of the caffeine that a normal coffee does.
@@Komatik_ Good idea; I used to be able to handle large amounts of caffeine but I'm an old fart now so gotta tone it down. :)
I cannot imagine starting every morning without having my coffee. It's a horrible thought!
A 10 oz. glass of water has the same physiological effect.
you are just an addict... just go without it for a couple of months until your nervous system fixes itself so you will NOT need coffee in the morning...
@@bigguy7353try adding some lemon to the water and some coarse salt to your tongue to drink the water over. Amazing wake up. I also could not imagine my morning without coffee and I drink decaf. Just love the smell and taste. Don’t need the caffeine. With the water +salt (thanks, Dr. Andrew Huberman), I am content without coffee for a few hours.
Oh my gosh. Don't even mention that. What is wrong with you? Lol
Coffee and some good sandwiches really start the day well, and without much fuss or mess. 😋
Just the perfect match.
I can't imagine a day without coffee, as I sip away.
Watching this as i sit on on my porch w my dog and have a cup of coffee. In Massachusetts no less 😎 great video
I was pretty much forced to give up caffeine about 2 years ago from the consult of a doctor concerning my heart... I miss coffee so much. I loved sodas, but after the first couple months that craving was gone. I still crave a dark cup of coffee every single morning. I tried decaf for a while, but it isn't the same.
I’m drinking morning coffee as I watch this.❤
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!! Every video teaches me so much
I continue to be thankful your Channel exists, guys. I've been watching for a very long time and I return for your informative yet relaxed vids. It's a real joy to see a new vid.
thank you for the information - you seem like a considerate person and teacher.
I have received the whole beans for the Pirates Blend, Wake Me Up Before You Go Jo, and the Captains Blend. All are sooo delicious! I love the roasts and the body and the flavor! I even drink them in the evening sometimes. Looking forward to stocking up for the Christmas and New Years season!! So happy I found your business.
I always love food history lessons, Thank you Ryan, and im picking up a bag of your Blue Lion!
Not drinking coffee in the U.S. nowadays is like the Jim Gaffigan skit where he's telling everyone he doesn't drink booze. "You don't drink, why? Is it okay if I drink?" 😂😅 gotta love that socially accepted stimulant addiction!
Glad that clown became irrelevant
Thank God I'm not a mindlessly addicted sheep like so many.
I have no interest in alcohol. But sure appreciate coffee. Especially when studying the ingredients in other breakfast drinks
It does raise eyebrows when you want a cup of boiling water and pull out your own tea bags!
Lol yep
What an interesting episode, thank you ❤
This is great, I love it, thank you for the info.
It's so awesome that you emphasize that the Tea Act was not a tax, but a tax break on the East India Company, and this is what triggered the Boston Tea Party. So many people get this history wrong, simplifying it to "they were protesting the tea tax." The tea tax was not popular, but that law was in place for a long time before the anger we see in the Tea Party really broke out. The injustice of a tax break for a big corporation, while the small importers of New England were being bled (unless they simply smuggled), that was what really boiled things over.
These days, people who think taxes are too high for them, or more extreme think taxes are always evil, will harken to this supposed history, this idea that the country was founded on hatred for any sort of tax. If you look at the real events though, you could make a case for the typically opposite political stance - tax breaks for wealthy corporations are not fair.
Ultimately, the nuances of the 18th century wont map perfectly onto any contemporary debate, but there is till so much to learn from them. Nobody likes paying taxes, but fundamentally it's unfairness that will trigger the most outrage. The motto to remember is "no taxation without representation." The fact that colonist didn't have a say in how they were being governed, and taxed, was far more important than the taxation itself. This unfairness, like the unfairness of giving tax cuts to the East India Company, was what brought about the fervor of the revolution.
I remember watching a study they did with monkeys & one if the things that really got them riled was when things were unfair (like, the guy in the next cage would get melons & they would get oats, that kind of thing).
Fascinating, thanks Ryan! Coffee is one of my top 10 favorite things
Very insightful, Ryan.
I enjoyed this one very much. Thank you Ryan.
Jan Sobieski III, the Polish king that saved the Austrians in 1683 and the siege of Vienna. His officer Kulczycki following a dangerous rout of a Turkish garison, saw some bags of coffee. The prize was taken back to the king. The first coffee houses (so the tale goes) popped up in Vienna - as well as back home in Poland. As fashion grew and the liking for the beverage began to spread to great trading capitals such as Amsterdam and London; both traders and colonists took this beverage with them.
Many a tale (if all this is) has Poland to thank, in part. Some do say there too lay origins to those staples of cheesecake and bagels too, much loved to this day. 😉
So great. Got to meet Ryan at Stone's Trace this weekend where my wife bought some Blue Lion coffee beans. I am not a coffee drinker but I am excited to try it.
I have a new appreciation for Black Rifle Coffee Company
Great video, Ryan! I remember hearing (and I’m not sure if this is apocryphal or not) that during revolutionary times, a person entering a public house would be asked if they wanted coffee or tea, and the answer indicated whether the person was a patriot or a loyalist.
I appreciate the history lesson on coffee! I have learned something new. I am a coffee drinker myself. My grandmother used to grind her own cofee beans some of the best tasting cofee.David Back from Menifee county Kentucky.
Man, this was absolutely fascinating! Ryan has gotten so good at speaking on camera.
It would also be interesting to know whether they were drinking mainly Arabica or Robusto Beans !
So happy to see Ryan taking the lead on this video, could listen to him all day
For the effect of Coffee Houses in Georgian London; look no further than Black Adder III.
Coffee was originally from Ethiopia where the plant is endemic not Yemen. Ethiopia even has a province Kaffee.
Well, Turks (Ottoman Empire then) learned it from Yemeni people who learned it from Ethiopia.
But you’re right, coffee is from originally from Ethiopia.
@robertkoons1154, thank you. I was pretty sure I had heard the same thing.
Yes it was probably originally from eastern parts of Ethiopia ( not all of modern day ethiopia ). But apparently the arabs were the first to introduce it to many areas. Where it slowly moved up until it reached Europe.
The best coffee I have ever had was from Ethiopia. Coffee is now becoming popular here in China, but not as ubiquitous as the indigenous tea.
"The coffee, the necessary coffee." - Patrick O'Brian
I'm surprised Somewhere in the script a Certain Someone had not figured out how to introduce the subject of Nutmeg into it!!! 🤠👍
Another alternative the colonists used is the yaupon holly of the Southeast U.S.; the East India Company also perceived it as a threat.
That little broadside note from the Chairman of the Committee for Tarring and Feathering was lit, as the kids maybe still say, I have no idea.
I'm addicted to coffee. A pot or 2 per day. Try Adding a pinch of salt to black coffee for an even better taste.
This was a magnificent presentation. 👌☕️ I watch a lot of history documentaries, and Ryan is every bit as good as the subject experts they use on the History Channel!
Better than the history channel!
Ah yes, the alien experts on the History Channel, lol
So love the nutmeg mugs, especially the deer.
I'm drinking some one else's portion! What do you mean coffee keeps you awake? Good thing we are not all alike😊 Coffee is my drink of choice, forget sodas, beer, wine..... coffee please! Black, no sugar, thank you!
I do drink mint and herbal teas from my garden, winter time mostly.
2 shots in my latte every single morning. It’s so enjoyable!