Bucharest’s First Coffee Grinder

As we’ve mentioned before, the first coffeehouse opened in Bucharest in 1667, and we could say this is where the history of this energizing drink begins in Romania. Since the aromatic beverage was welcomed enthusiastically by nearly every nation, the technology behind it developed alongside ever-growing demand.

So, nearly two centuries after the first specialized coffeehouse was recorded, a resourceful entrepreneur from Hanul Roșu (the Red Inn) brought Bucharest its first coffee grinder. Since advertising is the soul of commerce, he promoted it in the newspaper “Vestitorul Românesc” (“The Romanian Herald”).

Today, the 10th of July, an English coffee mill has arrived here in the Capital, capable of grinding 10 oca of coffee an hour. Anyone wishing to either buy ready-ground coffee or bring their own to be ground should know that the price is half a sfanț per oca for grinding, or 7 lei for coffee already ground. Anyone interested should inquire at Hanul Roșu” – Vestitorul Românesc, 1849

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