The failure of the coffee crop in Java allowed countries in Latin America to increase their share of the world market.
The coffee appeared in the Caribbean and in 1727 Brazilian started coffee industry in the northern state of Para. The first coffee plant cultivated in Brazil, was reared by a Franciscan monk of the name of Vellosa in the garden of the convent of St. Antonio near Rio Janeiro.
By the mid of 19th century the coffee tree found its home in the states of Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and as far south as Parana.
In North America, coffee was introduced as a beverage in 1668 and went on sale for the first time in Boston in 1670.
North American colonists emulated the coffee boom of the their mother country England, the first American coffeehouse opening in Boston in 1689.
New York sold its first coffee in 1683, and ‘King Arms’ opened in 1696 and famous cafes such as ‘Merchant’s Coffee House’ came later.
In the colonies there is was no clear distinction between the tavern and the coffee house.
Coffee was mentioned in shop-keeper’s announcements appearing in the Boston New Letter as early as 1714, and in other newspaper of the colonies during the eighteenth century. By mid of the 19th century, Americans were each drinking more than five pounds of coffee a year.
By 1880, the per capita total reach 8.4 pounds and by the end of the 19th century the United States was consuming 13 pounds per capital.
Introduction of coffee to America
