1、Life In Australia,Australian Cafe,directory,Part One History of Coffee Part Twe Coffee House,PART ONE,HISTORY OF COFFEE,History of Coffee,Ethiopian ancestors of todays Oromo people were believed to have been the first to recognize the energizing effect of the coffee plant, though no direct evidence

2、has been found indicating where in Africa coffee grew or who among the natives might have used it as a stimulant or even known about it, earlier than the 17th century. The story of Kaldi, the 9th-century Ethiopian goatherder who discovered coffee, did not appear in writing until 1671 and is probably

3、 apocryphal.,History of Coffee,The earliest credible evidence of either coffee drinking or knowledge of the coffee tree appears in the middle of the 15th century, in the Sufi monasteries around Mokha in Yemen. After the War of 1812, during which Britain temporarily cut off access to tea imports, the

4、 Americans taste for coffee grew, and high demand during the American Civil War together with advances in brewing technology secured the position of coffee as an everyday commodity in the United States. Meanwhile, coffee had been introduced to Brazil in 1727, although its cultivation did not gather

5、momentum until independence in 1822.,History of Coffee,The notable exception was Costa Rica, where lack of ready labor prevented the formation of large farms. Smaller farms and more egalitarian conditions ameliorated unrest over the 19th and 20th centuries. Coffee has become a vital cash crop for ma

6、ny Third World countries. Over one hundred million people in developing countries have become dependent on coffee as their primary source of income. It has become the primary export and backbone for African countries like Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, and Ethiopia,as well as many Central American countri

7、es.,PART TWO,COFFE HOUSE,The Coffee Club,Introduce The Coffee Club is a coffeehouse-style caf chain which set up at Autralia. Originally created in Noveber 2,1989 as a place to get an excellent coffee,the concept now includes cafbar/restaurant stores with expanded menus and full table service.,The C

8、offee Club,History In 1989, friends Emmanuel Kokoris and Emmanuel Drivas were searching for a late-night cup of coffee. Their unsuccessful attempt led them to plan a new business venture: The Coffee Club.The first store opened on 2 November 1989 at Eagle Street Pier in Brisbane (directly opposite th

9、e site of the successful World Expo 88), under the management of businessman and former hairdresser John Lazarou. In October 2007, Thai company Minor International announced it would acquire a 50% stake in The Coffee Club. The move not only advances plans to expand The Coffee Club into Asia and the

10、Middle East but also assists expansion of brands such as Swensens ice creams into Australia. The first Thai store opened in December 2008,with the chains first Chinese store opening near Hong Kong in June 2011.,Dome,Dome Coffee is a franchise chain of European-style caf restaurants based in Perth, Australia. It was founded by Patria Jaffries and Phil May in 1990. It is a dominant chain in Western Australia, as well