Cremor Girl here, I'm a neon fugitive, and you can think of me as your friendly guide

to the English language, writing, history, rules, and cool stuff.

Today I have a meeting middle for National Coffee Day, a quick and dirty tip about the

word Smoky, and the Lord of the Rings themed, family-like story.

September 29th is National Coffee Day, so raise your mug and take a sip, because today

we're looking at some of the weird words we use to talk about coffee.

Let's start with the word coffee itself.

It comes from the Turkish word Kave, K-A-H-V-E-H, and it seems to have come into European languages

around 1600.

That's because coffee beans were first brought from North Africa and the Middle East into

Italy in 1615, and then into France in 1644.

There, the Turkish Ambassador to France, Suliman Aga, helped to make coffee the it beverage

of the court of Louis XIV.

The European aristocracy became enchanted by the thick, hot beverage, and the rest as they

say is history.

Back then the word coffee appeared in a lot of different forms.

Chaona, Kave, Kaohai with a K, Kahu, Kafa, and Kafa.

Eventually these all settle down into the coffee we know today.

Over time we've come to know coffee by a bunch of different terms.

We've called bad or poorly made coffee, battery acid, bellywash, and sludge.

And a certain brand's coffee is sometimes called Char Bucks by those who don't appreciate

really dark roasted coffee.

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