In this article, we have compiled all the available information from the Internet about when (in which year or century) coffee first arrived in various countries. This is interesting not only from a historical perspective but also because it shows how long coffee has been part of each nation’s or country’s culture.

  Europe (in alphabetical order): 
  1. Austria: coffee was brought to Vienna from the Ottoman Empire* in 1683 after the Battle of Vienna. 
  2. England: beans arrived here from the Ottoman Empire around 1650. 
  3. Belgium: approximately 1675, from the Netherlands. 
  4. Bulgaria: around 1660, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  5. Greece: from the Ottoman Empire, around 1573. 
  6. Denmark: in 1671, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  7. Ireland: around 1661, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  8. Spain: coffee arrived from the Ottoman Empire around 1720. 
  9. Italy: coffee appeared in Venice around 1570, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  10. Cyprus: around 1660, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  11. Latvia: around 1685, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  12. Lithuania: around 1680, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  13. Luxembourg: from the Netherlands, around 1660. 
  14. Malta: around 1650, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  15. Netherlands: around 1616, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  16. Germany: around 1673, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  17. Poland: from the Ottoman Empire, around 1683. 
  18. Portugal: around 1773, from Brazil (a former Portuguese colony). 
  19. Romania: from the Ottoman Empire, around 1680. 
  20. Slovakia: around 1669, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  21. Slovenia: around 1689, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  22. Hungary: around 1660, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  23. Ukraine: approximately in the 1650s (some historians link this to Bohdan Khmelnytsky, who was gifted coffee by Ottoman envoys). 
  24. Finland: around 1796, from Sweden. 
  25. France: around 1669, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  26. Croatia: around 1712, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  27. Czech Republic: around 1668, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  28. Sweden: around 1685, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  29. Estonia: around 1665, from the Ottoman Empire. 
  *Note: The Ottoman Empire at that time included Turkey, several modern-day countries of the Arabian Peninsula, and parts of Spain, Portugal, Syria, and Iran. The modern Republic of Turkey is considered its legal successor.

  United States & Africa: 
  1. United States: the earliest records of coffee consumption in New York date back to the 1660s, though it may have been imported 5–10 years earlier. 
  2. Sudan: from Ethiopia, in the 16th century. 
  3. Egypt: from Yemen, in the 16th century. 
  4. Algeria: from the Ottoman Empire, in the 18th century. 
  5. Tunisia: from the Ottoman Empire, in the 17th century. 
  6. Morocco: from the Ottoman Empire, in the 18th century. 
  7. Kenya: from England, during British colonial rule in the 19th century. 
  8. Yemen & Ethiopia: coffee originally grew here, spreading to all other countries. It was discovered in the 9th century AD and consumed locally (first as food, and centuries later as a drink).

  Asia (in alphabetical order): 
  1. Bangladesh: from India in the late 1970s. 
  2. Vietnam: introduced by the French during the colonial period, late 1800s. 
  3. India: brought by a Sufi saint from Yemen, around 1670. 
  4. Indonesia: brought by the Dutch from Yemen, around 1699. 
  5. Cambodia: coffee cultivation began only in the 1990s after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, with plants imported from Vietnam. 
  6. China: late 19th – early 20th centuries. 
  7. Laos: introduced under French colonial rule in the early 1900s, mainly from Vietnam. 
  8. Malaysia: brought by Arab traders from Yemen in the 17th century. 
  9. Myanmar (Burma): introduced under British colonial influence in the 19th century. 
  10. Nepal: in 1938, a private entrepreneur established the first coffee plantation with beans from India. 
  11. Iran: from Yemen, around 1587. 
  12. Thailand: late 19th century. 
  13. Turkey: from Yemen, around 1555. 
  14. Philippines: by Spanish colonizers in the late 17th century. 
  15. Sri Lanka: introduced by the Dutch around 1658 (then Ceylon), but later replaced by tea as the dominant crop. 
  16. South Korea: mid-20th century. 
  17. Japan: brought by Dutch traders in the 17th century, but did not gain wide popularity until the 19th century. 

  Note: Asia today includes more than 50 countries, but historical data on the introduction of coffee is not available for all of them.