Ibrik is invented 1st coffee houses open in Mecca Rulers and doctors oppose coffee's consumption 1573 - Leonard Raywolf becomes first European to mention coffee in print. 16th century - Coffee imported by Venetians from Constantinople to Italy. 1607 - Capt. John Smith probably becomes the 1st to introduce coffee to N. America. From food to beverage 350 A.D. - Earliest record of tea in the Erh Ya , a dictionary.
Tea is more widely a beverage now.
700's - Gyoki sets up tea gardens in Japan. Tea ceramics are created. 1191 - Eisai writes 1st Japanese work on tea. Shiko writes the 1st rules of Japanese tea ceremony. 1557 - Portuguese and Dutch merchants and bankers establish tea trading center in the Canton River.