Greg Jenner
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I feel I know where you're going with this. OK. But... Moving on. Thank you for your contribution, Sophie. Okay. We also get, Jonathan, at this time, customers buying loose green coffee beans. They're roasting them at home. So you can now make coffee at home. We get mechanical improvements too, don't we? Jabez Burns is important.
I feel I know where you're going with this. OK. But... Moving on. Thank you for your contribution, Sophie. Okay. We also get, Jonathan, at this time, customers buying loose green coffee beans. They're roasting them at home. So you can now make coffee at home. We get mechanical improvements too, don't we? Jabez Burns is important.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
It is Starbucks. And this is important, I suppose, for economic reasons, for corporate reasons, but also just the sort of taste reasons in terms of the idea of speciality coffees, the idea of coffee as something you can enjoy, almost like you can enjoy red wine.
It is Starbucks. And this is important, I suppose, for economic reasons, for corporate reasons, but also just the sort of taste reasons in terms of the idea of speciality coffees, the idea of coffee as something you can enjoy, almost like you can enjoy red wine.
So there we go, Sif. We've done a lot of latte history. We've gone around the world. We've seen coffee was religious, medical, political, colonial, cultural, industrial. Does it change your view? Are you more tempted to go out and drink a coffee now or are you less tempted? Yeah.
So there we go, Sif. We've done a lot of latte history. We've gone around the world. We've seen coffee was religious, medical, political, colonial, cultural, industrial. Does it change your view? Are you more tempted to go out and drink a coffee now or are you less tempted? Yeah.
Yeah, we've heard a lot today about people getting together and being together and socialising, chatting, communing.
Yeah, we've heard a lot today about people getting together and being together and socialising, chatting, communing.
This is where Sophie and I sit silently and sip our moccas for two minutes while Professor Jonathan tells us something we need to know about the history of coffee. My stopwatch is ready. Take it away, Professor Jonathan.
This is where Sophie and I sit silently and sip our moccas for two minutes while Professor Jonathan tells us something we need to know about the history of coffee. My stopwatch is ready. Take it away, Professor Jonathan.
Wonderful. Thank you. Sophie, any thoughts on that?
Wonderful. Thank you. Sophie, any thoughts on that?
So what do you know now? It's time now for So What Do You Know Now? This is our quickfire quiz for Sophie to see how much she has learned. We have fired a huge amount of history at you across the globe. You're one of our quiz queens, however. You are notoriously good at this. Are you feeling the pressure?
So what do you know now? It's time now for So What Do You Know Now? This is our quickfire quiz for Sophie to see how much she has learned. We have fired a huge amount of history at you across the globe. You're one of our quiz queens, however. You are notoriously good at this. Are you feeling the pressure?
Amazing. OK, I've got ten questions for you. Here we go. Question one. A man named Kaldi allegedly discovered coffee beans when dancing with which over-caffeinated animals? It was a goat. It was his goats. They were enjoying the bean. Question two. Which Arab country was at the centre of the first coffee trade?
Amazing. OK, I've got ten questions for you. Here we go. Question one. A man named Kaldi allegedly discovered coffee beans when dancing with which over-caffeinated animals? It was a goat. It was his goats. They were enjoying the bean. Question two. Which Arab country was at the centre of the first coffee trade?