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Neolithic people in Mesopotamia harvested grain and began creating permanent settlements in order to farm. This was the beginning of the end of the Neolithic Revolution.
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The farming of grain began to spread throughout the Middle East and to Egypt. This created more permanent settlements.
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Pots made of clay were sculpted for the first time and used to not only drink beer but to also store it in large quantities.
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Wine was first produced in the Zagros Mountains during the Neolithic period. This was a result of the abundance of the Eurasian grape vine, the use of pottery for storage, and the availability of grains year round.
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Beer was spread throughout the Middle East And Egypt. It was drunken by almost everyone rich or poor. Beer was so popular at this time it became a currency and was used to trade.
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Smaller settlements began to band together and form a larger more advanced complex known as a city. The surplus of grain led to a population increase.
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The land owning class was categorized by their vineyard holdings.
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Romans became the dominant power in the Mediterranean, but borrowed Greek culture and wine making.
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Tea becomes domesticated in the area surrounding China.
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Christ's miracle of turning water to wine.
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Tea had become so popular in China, the first ever tea tax was put in place.
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The Portuguese began kidnapping african slaves in order to sell them for europian goods.
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Portuguese begin slave trade in order supply enough sugar to make alcohol.
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Christopher Columbus discovers America while looking for a faster way to the East Indies. He then declares the Americas a good place to grow sugar.
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Religous leaders of Mecca attempted to make the consumption of coffee illegal by putting the beverage on trial.
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Coffee was first introduced into Europe for the first time.
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The first permanent colony fought disease and famine while trying to make the land habitable to grow sugar.
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Through cultural diffusion, tea is finally introduced to England by The Dutch.
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The first coffee shop is opened in London by Pasqua Rosee
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Tea replaces silk as the biggest import In the world.
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During the last half a decade, London consumed more coffee than anywhere else in the world.
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The Boston Tea Party dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 crates of Tea into the Atlantic Ocean for the taxation on their tea without representation.
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Camille Desmoulins sets the French revolution in motion at Cafe Foy.
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The first successful grape harvest occurred in Australia. The vines, originally from the Cape of Good Hope, had taken three years to mature before they produced any grapes.
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Alexander Hamilton passes laws taxing the production and consumption of liquor. The Settlers are not happy and capture and threaten tax collectors.
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The nations railroad and telegraph sysytems spread throughout the country and became a large market where coke was a commonly sold.
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Pemberton tried to create a medicine to cure headaches. He failed many times and eventually created the most popular soft drink in the modern world.
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Pemberton came up with the name coca-cola by using the ingredients they created the drink with. Cocaine and the kola plant.
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Coca Cola was put on trial because religous leaders thought that caffiene promoted sexual activity.
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A new type of coke was created and was a complete disaster. People didnt like it and they tried to go back to the classic coke.
