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Raise your Armenian coffee cup on International Coffee Day
While researching the history of coffee in honor of International Coffee Day to be celebrated on October 1, I was amazed to discover that during our visits to European cafés in Vienna and Paris, my husband and I were unaware that the first coffee houses in these cities were founded by Armenian men. Now, I wonder if the historic cafés we frequented were near or even on the original sites dating back to the late 17th century!
As a devoted coffee lover, I was delighted to learn that Armenians
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A fascinating article! I think the cafe in Prague is “U Zlateho Hada”. U means ‘at’ in Czech. Now, if you will excuse me, I will go make some coffee in my jazzve (srjep).
Loved this article! Awesome that you included proper Armenian coffee brewing instructions (and old traditions, too!!).
Armenians… first in coffee, and first in wine!!! :)