From Mocha to Java
By: Kaylee Hamilton, Sarah Ismaili, Abby Harrell
The Hearth of Coffee
Coffee started in Ethiopia. It first diffused to Arab countries around Ethiopia. This is an example of expansion diffusion because it expanded off of Ethiopia to surrounding countries. From these places, they expanded to across the world. Potatoes originated in South America to Europe.
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Formal Region:
In the United States, there is more coffee has been imported because of the recent demand. Some of the first coffee houses began in the Northern U.S.
Functional Region:
Coffee houses are very popular in places like Boston, which is a functional region. The Green Dragon is a coffee house where the Boston Tea Party was planned.
Uneven Development:
More developed countries think of coffee as either pleasure or to help them stay awake. In less developed countries, coffee beans are a way to make a living by either packaging or harvesting the coffee beans. There is uneven development because some places enjoy coffee for pleasure, but less developed countries think of coffee as the source of the work.
Globalization
Coffee has expanded all over the globe. Some places it is unacceptable, but in most third world countries places it is used for pleasure or for energy.
Connectivity:
Coffee connects companies from many places together because the trade of the companies helps economies grow though importation and exportation. In the end, companies make money off of coffee. For countries that do not accept coffee, they do not get this same kind of connectivity.
Accessibility
Most countries have easy accessibility to coffee. If it is from their backyard, or the nearby Starbucks. In general, most people have access to coffee. Some places may not have a desire to drink it because it is used for their work, but they could have it if they chose to.
Relocation Diffusion:
When coffee was first found, the Spanish sailors transported coffee from South America. The idea of coffee was brought to Europe from the relocation of the Spanish soldiers.
Stimulus Diffusion:
Coffee is all roasted, but some are roasted in different ways. This is why some coffees taste different than others. For example, Starbucks may have a different coffee roasting than Dunkin' Doughnuts.
Hierarchical Diffusion:
Coffee is eaten from by people of all social class all over the world. In the US, coffee is eaten for people to get energy. It is access sable to all social classes.
Contagious Diffusion:
Coffee has also been passed along from person to person and its popularity has spread throughout the world from this. Coffee first began in Ethiopia, but then it spread to Arab countries around Ethiopia.
Coffee Varying From Culture to Culture
The meaning of coffee varies from place to place. In the Finnish culture, coffee is very important. They go through more coffee than the US. Coffee fits in with many customs and rituals of the Finnish culture. Coffee in the US is used mostly for energy, but in other countries it is used for pleasure (such as many places in Europe). In places like Brazil, coffee is mostly known for the jobs it creates to harvest it. Some many be harmed in this process, but it creates a wide variety of jobs for the people in the countries that harvest, roast, and package these products. In the end, coffee benefits most people.