1. The key factor in 19th century coffee expansion
A key factor in the spread of coffee around the world was international trade.
Thanks to the maritime trade routes between Europe and its colonies, coffee cultivation expanded to tropical areas of South America and South Asia, such as Indonesia and Brazil, during the 18th and 19th centuries. Thus, promoting its cultivation and trade internationally.
2. Coffee and philosophy, always hand in hand
From the beginning, coffee has been associated with philosophy, with coffee houses being the ideal place where intellectuals, artists and philosophers met to express and share their ideas.
The cafés became a nucleus of cultural development, where an atmosphere of avant-garde ideas was created, which led to the creation of many philosophical branches of the time.
3. Exponential economic growth... Thanks to coffee!
Coffee has been a key issue in international relations.
The mutual benefit between nations through the coffee trade has helped the economic development of many countries, giving them the opportunity to have a more diverse economy and becoming their main source of income.
Most of them received shiploads of cargo from all over the world, resulting in an increased flow of trade into these territories, which contributed greatly to their economic growth.
4. Coffee as a political influence
Globally, coffee has become a strategic product for the economy of many countries and has come to have great influence in economic, political and diplomatic matters.
5. Magic coffee in aviation?
Yes, yes, you heard it right, coffee is not only used as a beverage, it has many other uses we didn't know about.
During the First World War, aircraft engines became very overheated due to long hours of flying. This happened when engine oil was used, and from that time onwards, liquid coolants began to be investigated.
In 1917, Karl Fazer, an engineer from Finland, discovered that mixing coffee with water and other substances, such as guava and salmonella, meant that engines did not overheat as quickly.
This new refrigerant was nicknamed "Magic Coffee" and was used until the advent of modern refrigerants such as nitrogen or synthetic oil.
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