Is it true that Turkey introduced the coffee in Europe?
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Is it true that Turkey introduced the coffee in Europe?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “when did coffee come to europe“
I wouldn’t say Turkey but might say Ottoman Empire , but Turks had a really huge role about how Europe meet the coffee in 16th century.
From #Europe section on History Of Coffee says ;
Coffee was first introduced to Europe on the island of Malta in the 16th century, according to the TV documentary Madwarna . It was introduced there through slavery. Turkish Muslim slaves had been imprisoned by the Knights of St John in 1565—the year of the Great Siege of Malta , and they used to make their traditional beverage. Domenico Magri mentioned in his work Virtu del Kafé , “Turks, most skilful makers of this concoction.” Also the German traveller Gustav Sommerfeldt in 1663 wrote “the ability and industriousness with which the Turkish prisoners earn some money, especially by preparing coffee, a powder resembling snuff tobacco, with water and sugar.” Coffee was a popular beverage in Maltese high society—many coffee shops opened.