Coffee

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Knowledge

The bitter success of coffee

A beverage with numerous benefits, but to be consumed in moderation

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Tin, Nescafé

This tin contained 'Nescafé' soluble coffee, fine-tuned by Nestlé in 1938.

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Box, Incarom

This container is an original display replica used in shop windows to advertise the product.

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Roaster

This utensil is used to roast green coffee beans over a fire.

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Coffee pot

In the 17th century, coffee and chocolate pots looked very much alike, with the handle perpendicular to the spout.

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Coffee pot with burner and filter, EMSA

Hot water is poured into the top part of the coffee pot, gradually flowing through the filter and into the coffee.

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Coffee pot

This hand-made coffee pot features a hallmark with a double circle, three crowns and a partial inscription indicating that the metal used was made in England by PH Muntz (1872) with 60% copper and 40% zinc.

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Coffee cup, Starbucks

Symbolising ephemeral and takeaway products, the disposable paper cup is said to have been invented in imperial China around a thousand years ago.

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Set of coffee cups, Kahla

Set of porcelain coffee cups made in Kahla (Thuringia) in Germany.

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Knowledge

Coffee cherries

Coffee cherries may look like regular cherries but contain a treasure inside: coffee beans