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Cappuccino cologne has a scent consisting of rich coffee, steamed milk, and a dab of cinnamon. Perfect for the coffee addict!
The history and development of the beverage that we know as coffee is varied and interesting, involving chance occurrences, political intrigue, and the pursuit of wealth and power. According to one story, the effect of coffee beans on behavior was noticed by a sheep herder named Kaldi as he tended his sheep. He noticed that the sheep became hyperactive after eating the red "cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures. He tried a few himself, and was soon as overactive as his herd. Another legend gives us the name for coffee or "mocha." An Arabian was banished to the desert with his followers to die of starvation. In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. Not only did the broth save the exiles, but their survival was taken as a religious sign by the residents of the nearest town, Mocha. The plant and its beverage were named Mocha to honor this event.
Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia whose inhabitants believed it to be a delicacy and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans. The government forbid transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations. The actual spread of coffee was started illegally. One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled beans to some mountains near Mysore, India, and started a farm there. Early in this century, the descendants of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region.
In 1645 the first coffee house opened in Italy, followed by England in 1652, and Paris in 1672. Of course, by 1668 coffee had surpassed beer as the favorite breakfast drink of New Yorkers. In 1946, in Italy, Cappuccino is named for the resemblance of its color to the robes of the monks of the Capuchin order…and it was, from that moment, inevitable that Demeter would recreate that singular aroma in a Pick-Me-Up Cologne consisting of rich coffee with steamed milk and a dusting of cinnamon.
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