Coffee has always been a great source of inspiration. Composer Johann S. Bach liked it so much that he decided to compose a cantata dedicated to coffee: Listen to the Kaffeekantate! Symphonically Good with a Caffitaly coffee Bach Cantata Translations BWV 211 – “Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht” Kaffeekantate [Coffee Cantata] 1. Recitative T Be quiet, do not chat, And listen to what happens now: Here comes Mr. Schlendrian with his daughter Liesgen, He grumbles likeRead More…

Say hello to Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the US Navy and namesake of the proverbial cup of joe. Joe is, of course, short for Joseph. And in American English, “joe” can refer to an average guy, a soldier, or—somewhat strangely—coffee. As it turns out, the use of joe as slang for coffee dates to the World War I era. It was then that Daniels, who started his career as a newspaper publisher in NorthRead More…