International Coffee Day

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International Coffee Day (1 October) [1] is an occasion that is used to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events now occurring in places around the world. The first official date was 3 October 2015, as agreed by then International Coffee Organization [2] and was launched in Milan. [3] This day is also used to promote fair trade coffee and to raise awareness for the plight of the coffee growers. [4] On this day, many businesses offer free or discounted cups of coffee. [5] Some businesses share coupons and special deals with their loyal followers via social networking. [6] Some greeting card companies sell International Coffee Day greeting cards as well as free e-cards. Many countries around the world celebrate their own national coffee days at various dates throughout the year. In March 2014, the Member States of the ICO (International Coffee Organization) agreed to organise International Coffee Day on 1 October to create a single day of celebration for coffee lovers around the world.

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History

At a meeting on 3–7 March 2014, [7] a decision was taken by the International Coffee Organization to launch the first official International Coffee Day in Milan as part of Expo 2015. [8]

Various events have been held, called Coffee Day or National Coffee Day, with many of these on or around September 29. [9]

The exact origin of International Coffee Day is unknown. An event was first promoted in Japan in 1983 by the All Japan Coffee Association (全日本コーヒー協会). [10] [11] [12] In the United States "National Coffee Day" was mentioned publicly as early as 2005. [13] The name "International Coffee Day" was first used by the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, which called a press conference on 3 October 2009 to celebrate it and to announce the first New Orleans Coffee Festival. [14] It was promoted in China by the International Coffee Organization, first celebrated in 1997, and made into an annual celebration in early April 2001. [15] Taiwan first celebrated International Coffee Day in 2009. [16] Nepal first celebrated National Coffee Day on 17 November 2005. [17]

National coffee days

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DateCountries
January 3 Mongolia
February 23 make your brother coffee Tarboro NC
March 11 Indonesia [18]
March 23 Italy
April 14 Portugal [19]
May 24 Brazil [20]
June 6 Finland [21]
June 27 Colombia [22]
August, 4th Friday Peru [23]
September, 2nd Friday Costa Rica [24]
September, 4th Tuesday Netherlands [25]
September, Last Friday Germany [26]
September 15Ethiopia [27]
September 28Switzerland[ citation needed ]
September 29
October 1
October 21Philippines [38] Conceived to showcase Lipa City as the longstanding "Coffee Granary of the Philippines"
November 23Russia [39]
December 5Turkey [40]
December 10Vietnam [41]

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