Why do they call coffee 'joe'? ***found!***

[pyonir]

Like when someone says, "let's get a cup of joe".

Or why do they call it Java for that matter?

 

[Spooner]

i've always wondered that myself, but have no answer.






























Glad I could help.

 

[nihil]

cause i guess it's better than calling it "bob" or "perl."

 

[Adul]

maybe in a different language it is called joe...

 

[pyonir]

<< maybe in a different language it is called joe... >>


what do they call it in Thiland?

 

[vi edit]

I think it may have something to do with the "Joes" drinking it in WWI and WWII.

Just a guess though.

 

[fatalbert]

hmmmmmmmmm

 

[ragazzo]

<< I think it may have something to do with the "Joes" drinking it in WWI and WWII.

Just a guess though. >>



that would be logical. i concur.

 

[BooneRebel]

Because "Joseph" is too formal.

Geez, everyone should know that!

 

[pyonir]

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<< Why do they call coffee 'joe'? >>



Sorry, can you be a little more specific? Who are they? I'm asking because I never heard people call coffee 'joe', it's absolutely new to me. Where is this use of the word common? Who usually calls it 'joe'? >>


have you ever watched a movie from the 50s thru the 70s? they used it A LOT. i find it unbelievable that you have never heard it!? you live in the US right?

 

[CrazyRyan]

I believe during WW2 a senator named Joe proposed making coffee the strongest drink available to sailors it was passed and sailors nicknamed coffee a cup of joe

 

[kehi]

lol. I would like to know

 

[pyonir]

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<< have you ever watched a movie from the 50s thru the 70s? they used it A LOT. i find it unbelievable that you have never heard it!? you live in the US right? >>



Hmmm... I don't watch TV a lot, you know... Maybe I didn't watch those very films where they used the word... And I really don't hear this word being used for coffee anywhere around... Anyway, I'm completely ignorant on the subject, asked you just out of interest. >>


thats cool...just thought everyone had heard it before. learn something new every day i guess..

 

[Cerebus451]

Found the following from africacoffee.com:



<< Two new names which are catching on are "joe" and "hojo." These are not names for ports or for places. The U.S. Navy used to allow alcoholic beverages on U.S. Navy ships. Grog, Ale, and Beer were the supplied as a beverage in the general mess. When Admiral Josephus "Joe" Daniels became Chief of Naval Operations, he outlawed alcohol on board ships. He ordered coffee become the beverage of service on the ships, hence the term "Cup of Joe." Because sailors are generally cold, they wanted their coffee hot. The term hot cup of joe was use, then it was shorten to hot joe, then hojo. >>

 

[pyonir]

<< Found the following from africacoffee.com:



<< Two new names which are catching on are "joe" and "hojo." These are not names for ports or for places. The U.S. Navy used to allow alcoholic beverages on U.S. Navy ships. Grog, Ale, and Beer were the supplied as a beverage in the general mess. When Admiral Josephus "Joe" Daniels became Chief of Naval Operations, he outlawed alcohol on board ships. He ordered coffee become the beverage of service on the ships, hence the term "Cup of Joe." Because sailors are generally cold, they wanted their coffee hot. The term hot cup of joe was use, then it was shorten to hot joe, then hojo. >>

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:Q

you rock!

now...how about java?

 

[pyonir]

<< I believe during WW2 a senator named Joe proposed making coffee the strongest drink available to sailors it was passed and sailors nicknamed coffee a cup of joe >>


very good crazyryan! you pretty much had it right!

 

[Cerebus451]

And for Java:


<< During this period, coffee was introduced to Indonesia by the Dutch. Legend has it that the plant which was introduced in Java, in 1696, was one of the seven high jacked from Arabia. Java became a coffee producing area. However, both the port of Mocha in Yemen and Java in Indonesia could not ship enough coffee to supply the growing demand in Europe. It should be noted that these two ports' names are how coffee got the name Java and Mocha. Any how, the price got so high that only those Europeans rich enough to afford exotic luxuries could drink coffee. >>



This is the link I found those two tidbits.

 

[pyonir]

<< And for Java:


<< During this period, coffee was introduced to Indonesia by the Dutch. Legend has it that the plant which was introduced in Java, in 1696, was one of the seven high jacked from Arabia. Java became a coffee producing area. However, both the port of Mocha in Yemen and Java in Indonesia could not ship enough coffee to supply the growing demand in Europe. It should be noted that these two ports' names are how coffee got the name Java and Mocha. Any how, the price got so high that only those Europeans rich enough to afford exotic luxuries could drink coffee. >>



This is the link I found those two tidbits. >>


:Q

 

[Electric Amish]

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<< Found the following from africacoffee.com:



<< Two new names which are catching on are "joe" and "hojo." These are not names for ports or for places. The U.S. Navy used to allow alcoholic beverages on U.S. Navy ships. Grog, Ale, and Beer were the supplied as a beverage in the general mess. When Admiral Josephus "Joe" Daniels became Chief of Naval Operations, he outlawed alcohol on board ships. He ordered coffee become the beverage of service on the ships, hence the term "Cup of Joe." Because sailors are generally cold, they wanted their coffee hot. The term hot cup of joe was use, then it was shorten to hot joe, then hojo. >>

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:Q

you rock!

now...how about java? >>



Does "Java" have anything to do with coffee that comes from the island/country of Java?

amish

 

[chickendinner]

Valuable inforation.

 

[Cerebus451]

<< you rock! >>


Naw, Google rocks. Took a couple of tries to find the right key words. I think coffee joe java history wound up being the winning combination.

 

[pyonir]

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<< you rock! >>


Naw, Google rocks. Took a couple of tries to find the right key words. I think coffee joe java history wound up being the winning combination. >>


haha...i could have used the google search...but i wondered if anyone actually knew it. crazyryan pretty much had it, unless he searched too...

 

[Cerebus451]

<< haha...i could have used the google search...but i wondered if anyone actually knew it. crazyryan pretty much had it, unless he searched too.. >>


Yeah, I was pretty sure "Joe" had come from the navy, but I wasn't sure. I figured Java was from the island as well. The site was an interesting read, nonetheless, even though I'm not a coffee drinker.