In 1633, the Ottoman Sultan Marad IV cracked down on coffee because he believed it was provoking social decay and disunity in Istanbul. Gabby Gifford: While alcohol left people drunk and inept, coffee made them energized, alert and imaginative. She says that's why they took a crack at suppressing this black brew.
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain flowering plants in the Coffea genus. From the coffee fruit, the seeds are separated to produce a stable, raw product: unroasted green coffee.
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