Coffee Revisited

Found some coffee facts in one of the recent editions of SvD that are an interesting addition to my coffee post a couple of weeks ago.

Coffee history

• The first coffee house is said to have existed in Mecca in the 15th century
• Legend has it that coffee arrived in Europe as the Turkish siege of Vienna ceased at the end of the 17th century, when the Turks supposedly left behind hundreds of bags of coffee
• In Sweden Stockholm was first with coffee houses in the early 18th century. One of the most famous ones was Maja-Lisas in the Old Town (well, not "old" then)
• Shortly after the arrival of coffee in Sweden drinking coffee was banned and subject to a fine. But the coffee prohibition didn't last long

Today

• There are 2,200 cafées around Sweden, 300 of which are in Stockholm

Black gold

• Gross profit* on a single shot of espresso: 91.8%
• Gross profit on the accompaying cinnamon bun: 71.3%
• Gross profit on mineral water: 80.9%

* Sales price minus the purchase price, before costs for staff, etc. have been deducted.