National Coffee Milkshake Day Tarihi

1930s

Rhode Island premieres the coffee milkshake

The pharmacy, Delekta's, adds ice cream to coffee and milk to create coffee milkshakes.

Early 1900s

American milkshakes appear

They're described as "wholesome drinks made with chocolate, strawberry or vanilla syrups" with ice cream added, of course.

1773

Coffee comes to America

The Boston Tea Party protest prompts colonial American citizens to make the switch from tea to coffee as part of their patriotic duty.

Mid-15th Century

Coffee tree appears in Yemen

Coffee beans are finally exported from Ethiopia and cultivated in Yemeni Sufi monasteries.

850 AD

Coffee plant discovered in Ethiopia

An Abyssinian goatherd named Kaldi discovers goats eating coffee berries and brings them to local monks, who cultivate the plant and start chewing the berries for energy.