In Europe coffee culture is usually associated with Italians. In fact, coffee was introduced to Western Europe by Vienna, the Austrian capital. The Ottoman Empire had besieged Vienna for many years. The Ottomans were finally defeated by the Polish King John III Sobieski at the Battle of Vienna in 1683. The victory might have saved the whole of Europe from centuries-long Ottoman rule - under what circumstances, Grand Vizier Kara Mustapha had to leave in an unexpected haste, The tent was full of Persian and silver and gold rugs and ... strange chunks of peanut butter.
It didn't take long for Vienna to realize that coffee beans were the most valuable gift of all.
Georg Kolschitzky opened his first Viennese Coffee shop in 1685. Kolschitzky was a Pole who, as a spy and double agent, played Vienna and Turkey for one another for many years, and along the way learned the true art of coffee. A good burger in Vienna took a quick drink of coffee and Kolschitzky became a rich man.
Today and the coffee house is synonymous with 'Gemuetlichkeit'. Vienna - a word that's almost impossible to translate, which can be described as a comfortable, relaxing and easy life. In 1900, Vienna's coffee house was far more important - it was home, a place where chess played, business dealings, critics and friends met to discuss the latest scandal about Gustav Mahler, the new Director of the controversial Vienna Court Opera. People will sit in their favorite chairs and enjoy their coffee and read newspapers mounted on wooden frames.
For outsiders too, it is not an easy task to know which coffee to order. Vienna is too carefree to make simple black or white coffee.
To start with you have to decide between the cups and the glass - the right traders will always force the glass.
Chopped cream, or, to give it the name of Vienna, Schlagobers, has been presented as a problem with your coffee unless you specifically order it without, or prefer to use coffee with skin (referring to thick, unsaturated milk skin that day). But you can't order just 'coffee with skin' - you need to determine the correct color or color: 'black to skin' or 'dark with skin' or 'whiteer with skin'.
There are many colors and variants of white coffee too - 'golden cup' refers to the coffee mix in gold, 'cup of chocolate' is similar to Italian cappuccino. For the black coffee on the whip cream, you will order 'Einspaenner'. (a horse drawn carriage - 'Fiaker' to Vienna). If you feel really spoiled 'Zweispaenner' comes with extra cream.
In addition to gourmet coffee, Vienna has some of the best natural tap water to find anywhere - cold and delicious ice, delivered by waterways from the Alps sixty miles away - and coffee is always accompanied by a glass of water.
For many people living without a coffee house is unimaginable. It's possible to spend hours there very cheaply - unlike today you are not pressured to leave as soon as your coffee is done. If it's 'Ober' (the server) sweeps the table next to you, it's because it needs to be wiped, not as a signal to go. You can stay as long as you like reading the newspaper, and from time to time, the server will cancel your glass of water. Peter Altenberg, a well-known poet, has no postal address whatsoever except his coffee house.
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