User:Aliashmawy/Tea vs Coffee

Tea and coffee are both highly traded commodities in the world. For some people, they are as important as water for their daily life. Both of them are equally consumed around the world. In this article we are going to discover interesting facts about these two goods.

History
In world history, not a single source shows the actual origin of tea. Some consider China to be the first country ever to use tea, others think Northern Burma was first. What we do know is that tea was first established in Asia. In the year of 350, China started using tea and soon it was acknowledged in Japan and Korea. The first international usage of tea started in 1516, when Portuguese travelled to China by boats. Portuguese delivered the tea to their king and that was the first time tea was used in Europe. At first only black tea was consumed at Europeans called it “Chinese tea” since it was discovered there. Nowadays there are more than 10 types of tea used all over the world and tea is also used for medical reasons if necessary. The legend says that the history of coffee goes back to Sheikh Omar. He was a respected doctor in his times and he also researched medicine. During his research he used the plant of coffee and it was first used to reduce the pain. After his medicine was used daily, people made a drink from coffee. Coffee became so famous that Arabs opened little coffee shops, where people could come and try this delicious drink. 1645 is the year when coffee first appeared in the European market and Italy was the country to sell it. After 9 years English discovered this drink and French took this drink from English at 1672. Today, we know many types of coffee consumed daily and it is still used for medical reasons just like Sheikh Omar did.

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