The Coffee Chronicles
The Great Coffee Smuggle | Skeleton Brew Coffee
For over a century, Arabia kept coffee plants from leaving. Then came a Dutch trader, a French naval officer sharing his water with a seedling, and a bouquet with a...
The Great Coffee Smuggle | Skeleton Brew Coffee
For over a century, Arabia kept coffee plants from leaving. Then came a Dutch trader, a French naval officer sharing his water with a seedling, and a bouquet with a...
The Pope, the Devil's Drink, and the Baptism of...
Coffee once had to survive an actual religious controversy before it reached your kitchen table. The legend says a pope "baptized" it. History says it's more complicated — and more...
The Pope, the Devil's Drink, and the Baptism of...
Coffee once had to survive an actual religious controversy before it reached your kitchen table. The legend says a pope "baptized" it. History says it's more complicated — and more...
Coffee in Space | Skeleton Brew Coffee
Astronauts spent decades sipping instant coffee from a straw before Lavazza, Argotec, and NASA solved zero-gravity brewing with the ISSpresso machine and a specially engineered Space Cup — proving even...
Coffee in Space | Skeleton Brew Coffee
Astronauts spent decades sipping instant coffee from a straw before Lavazza, Argotec, and NASA solved zero-gravity brewing with the ISSpresso machine and a specially engineered Space Cup — proving even...
The Birth of the Stock Market | Skeleton Brew C...
The Coffeehouse and the Birth of the Stock Market Lloyd's of London started as a coffeehouse. So did the London Stock Exchange. How 17th-century coffee shops became the operating system...
The Birth of the Stock Market | Skeleton Brew C...
The Coffeehouse and the Birth of the Stock Market Lloyd's of London started as a coffeehouse. So did the London Stock Exchange. How 17th-century coffee shops became the operating system...
Bach's Coffee Cantata | Skeleton Brew Coffee
In 1734, a Leipzig coffeehouse owner bankrolled free concerts for two hours, twice a week, funded entirely by what people spent on coffee — and one of the pieces written...
Bach's Coffee Cantata | Skeleton Brew Coffee
In 1734, a Leipzig coffeehouse owner bankrolled free concerts for two hours, twice a week, funded entirely by what people spent on coffee — and one of the pieces written...
Kiva Han | Skeleton Brew Coffee
In 1475, the vibrant city of Constantinople saw the opening of the world's first coffee shop, Kiva Han. This pioneering establishment became a central hub for social interaction and intellectual...
Kiva Han | Skeleton Brew Coffee
In 1475, the vibrant city of Constantinople saw the opening of the world's first coffee shop, Kiva Han. This pioneering establishment became a central hub for social interaction and intellectual...