咖啡和茶叶,都有着传奇故事。茶叶起源于中国,在近代中国的贸易历史上扮演着重要角色。有关茶叶的贸易纷争,也成为诱发英国对华输出鸦片以及后来鸦片战争的起因。有趣的是,英属北美殖民地掀起反抗独立运动并最终建立美国,也与茶叶有关:波士顿倾茶事件之后,引发了美国独立战争。咖啡的故事,比茶叶还要曲折一些。咖啡起源于非洲埃塞俄比亚,当代人在古代就有食用咖啡树的种子、咖啡叶的习惯,以获取咖啡因。到15世纪末,穆斯林将咖啡带到了整个伊斯兰世界,再往后流入了欧洲。咖啡在英国、德国(普鲁士)、法国等国家很快走俏,并催生出咖啡馆这样一种新型的社交场所,尽管这些国家都曾掀起对作为外来饮品的咖啡的政治和社会抵制,也无法阻遏民众对咖啡、咖啡馆的喜爱。 Coffee and tea are legendary. Tea originated in China and played an important role in the history of trade in modern China. The trade dispute over tea also became the cause of the British opium export to China and the subsequent Opium War. Interestingly, the British North American colonies set off an anti-independence movement and eventually the establishment of the United States, which was also linked to tea. After the Boston Tea Incident, it triggered the American War of Independence. The story of coffee, but also more than the twists and turns of tea. Coffee originated in Africa, Ethiopia, the ancient people have in the modern coffee tree seeds, coffee leaf habits, in order to obtain caffeine. By the end of the 15th century, Muslims brought coffee to the entire Islamic world and later to Europe. Coffee is rapidly gaining popularity in countries such as England, Germany (Prussia) and France, and has spawned a new type of social space such as cafes that, despite their political and social resistance to coffee as exotic drinks, can not be discouraged People’s favorite of coffee, cafe.