SC - Fw: [EXP] Fw: Coffee, Tea, and Sugar

[Alderton, Philippa]

More from Exploration on Coffee.

phlip at morganco.net

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider that cain't be throwed.

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: Date: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 01:36:14 
: From: Andre Engels
: To: Exploration
: Subject: Re: [EXP] Fw: Coffee, Tea, and Sugar
: 
: The following was originally sent by Paul D. Buell
(pdbuell at sprintmail.com),
: but refused by majordomo as a non-member submission.
: 
: Andre Engels.
: 
: 
: > Coffee, early 16th century in Egypt, maybe a little before, shortly
: > thereafter in Turkey, in south France by late 17th century even earlier
in
: > England, but not a common beverage until the 17th century. Tea, 16th
century
: > in the trading countries, already a commodity in the Turkic world prior
to
: > that date, probably generally in use 17-18th centuries. Sugar is much
older,
: > probably introduced (as a refined product) through Muslim Sicily. Oh,
did I
: > mention that Coffee was a medicinal before it was a beverage. There is a
: > single coffee bean surviving from the Golden Horde capital destroyed at
the
: > very end of the 13th century, as I recall. Coffee is, of course, from
: > Ethiopia and got to Egypt via Yemen. On the history of tea, note who
calls
: > it cha or chai and who calls it tea. Cha is north Chinese, tea is from
the
: > Fuchienese pronunciation of cha. Enough already... Paul D. Buell
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: Alderton, Philippa <phlip at morganco.net>
: > To: Exploration <discovery at win.tue.nl>
: > Date: Monday, January 05, 1998 7:38 AM
: > Subject: [EXP] Fw: Coffee, Tea, and Sugar
: > 
: > 
: > >
: > >
: > >
: > >
: > > Hello, and Happy New Year to the List!
: > >
: > > On the SCA Cooks List, we're discussing the arrival of coffee, tea,
and
: > > sugar in the European/Mediterranean area. If any of you have some
insight
: > > or knowledge of this subject, I'd be most happy to hear from you, and
I'll
: > > pass the postings along.
: > >
: > > Thanks,
: > >
: > > Phlip
: > >
: > > phlip at morganco.net
: > >
: > > Never a horse that cain't be rode,
: > > And never a rider that cain't be throwed.
: > >
: > 
: > 
: > 
: 
: 
: -- 
: Andre Engels, engels at win.tue.nl
: http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/index_en.html
: 
: For every genius once thought a fool, 
: there are a thousand fools still so regarded.	-- Sean Ellis


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