The History of Coffee Part II (1845-2020)
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2020
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The Great Famine, the Sitcom Friends and Prohibition campaigners in 19th century Belfast all have one thing in common – in some way shape or form influenced the popularity of coffee in Ireland. This podcast which continues the story of coffee in Ireland revealing how modern Irish coffee culture is nothing new. Indeed your great grandparents may well have enjoyed take away coffee as much as you do.
This show also includes a fascinating interview with Dr Órfhlaith Campbell on Ireland's first coffee chain in the later 19th century!
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| 0:00.0 | Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey. |
| 0:11.0 | So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas. |
| 0:16.4 | Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app. |
| 0:20.0 | I need toys I need decorations I need stockings I need toys Decorations. I need stockings. I need sprouts. I need something for him. I need something for him to give to his mother. I've got a dragon eight foot tree into my lounge then build a trampoline and gift wrap it. |
| 0:34.0 | Elf duties are a full-time job, and this elf deserves a Christmassy coffee. |
| 0:40.0 | Our sticky toffee latte is now at Costa. |
| 0:43.2 | That's Christmas, made a little better. |
| 0:45.7 | At Costa coffee. The Great Famine, the sitcom Friends and Prohibition campaigners in 19th century Belfast |
| 1:00.4 | all have one thing in common. They in some way shape or form influenced the popularity |
| 1:05.9 | of coffee in Ireland today. In this podcast part two of the history of coffee we continue |
| 1:11.6 | the story from the 1850s and see how 21st century |
| 1:15.0 | Irish coffee culture is nothing new. Indeed your great grandparents may well have |
| 1:19.5 | enjoyed a takeaway coffee as much as you do. |
| 1:29.0 | Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast. My name is Finn Duer and this is The History of Coffee Part 2. At the moment, staying in touch with each other is really important to get us through the COVID-19 crisis. |
| 1:40.0 | While we can't meet in person on Saturday, April the 11th, 2020, I am organizing an online |
| 1:46.8 | Irish history quiz where you can get together with listeners from the show across the world |
| 1:51.9 | on YouTube and test your knowledge on Irish history. |
| 1:54.8 | The quiz itself is going to be free, but if you want to be part of the competition and have your questions |
| 1:59.6 | corrected, I'm asking you to make a donation, whatever you can afford to the Matter Foundation, which is a great organization that supports the Matter Hospital in Dublin. |
| 2:09.0 | The Matter is one of Ireland's largest public hospitals and it's at the forefront of the fight against |
| 2:14.7 | COVID-19 keeping people in Ireland safe so I don't think I need to say what a worthy cause this is. |
| 2:21.3 | For the quiz to work smoothly I really need some sense of how many people are interested, |
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