[Sca-cooks] Questions on coffee

[otsisto]

It would have to be Karl XI as according to this site
http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/swedhis/swed1660.htm

Coffee beans were introduced to Sweden in 1685.
De

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If the King Charles Gustav you mention is Charles X Gustav (Karl X
Gustav) (8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660)
he'd be 17th century and not 16th?

Johnnae

On Jan 27, 2010, at 2:20 PM, H Westerlund-Davis wrote:

> A book called Swedish Ways. by (last name) Linne (accent on the last
> e) on page 125.
> The History of Coffee.... (big book...don't have author's name)
> King Charles Gustav  personal physician prescribed it as a
> "remedy...."
> In Scandinavia coffee is like the national beverage..... it is
> served with just about everything.... Even in Finmark and Lapaland
> recipes there will be at least one receipe with coffee in it.
> ----------
>
> And the source for this 16th century use in Sweden is ???
>
> Johnnae