políticos, hace que distingan lo que
vela la noche negra."
Alexander Pope, poeta del siglo XVII
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Coffee gives wisdom to politicans,
causes them to distinguish what guards the black night
Alexander Pope, poet of the century XVII
los que van al Café y los que no lo
frecuentan nunca. Son dos
mentalidades completamente distintas
y contrapuestas. Y los que van al
Café, infinitamente superiores"
Georges Courteline, siglo XIX
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The world is dived in two classes:
Those that go to the Coffee and those that never frequent it.
They are two different and completely opposed mentalities.
And those that go to Coffe, infintely superieur.
George Counteline, century XIX
El primer consumo de café fue
en forma de comida. Se masticaban
los granos crudos directamente o
se hacían pastillas con las bayas de
café machacadas mezcladas con
grasa animal.
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Did you know...
The first comsumption of coffee was in the form of food.
The crude grains were chewed directly or
as tablets mixed with crushed berries and animal grease.
En las primeras cafeterías turcas
de inicios del siglo XVI, el café no
se tomaba en tazas sino en
pequeños platos de porcelana, de
donde se sorbía muy caliente.
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Did you know...
In the first Turkish cafeterias in the beginning of the XVI century,
coffee was not served in cups but in small porcelain plates,
where it was sucked very hot.
café es un veneno, lo es muy lento,
puesto que yo bebo bastantes tazas
al dia desde hace ochenta años y mi
salud, como pueden ustedes ver, no
ha empeorado en absoluto "
Bernard Le Bobier, escritor centenario (siglio XVII)
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It is necessary to recognize that if coffee is poison,
it is very slow, since I drink enough cups a day for eighty years
and my health it made, as you can see, absolutely worse
Bernard Le Bobier, centennial writer (siglio XVII)
deliciosa que sería una pena derjarla
para los infieles...Deberíamos echar
de ella a Satanás y convertirla en una
bebida cristiana mediante el bautismo "
Papa Clemente VIII, siglo XVI
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This drink of Satan is so delicious that it would be a pain
to derjar it for the unfaithful ones...
We would have to throw the her of Satan and turn it into a Christian drink by means of baptism
Merciful Pope VIII, century XVI
religión que de café. "
George Moineaux
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Changing ones religion is easier than changing ones coffee.
George Moineaux
Una taza de café amargo es
generalmente muy eficaz para
contrarrestar los efectos del alcohol
y para desipar el mareo.
Did you know...
A cup of bitter coffe is generally very effective
to stop the effects of alcohol
and to dissipate I find annoying
