Why Is Coffee Called A Cup Of Joe?

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  • @crispyandspicy6813
    @crispyandspicy6813 8 років тому +16

    could it be that some guy whose name was Joe had a cafe that was so popular people would call drinking a coffee there a "cup at joe's" or a "cup of joe's"? Eventually the name would spread and become "a cup of joe". Or was it originaly a "cup of joy" but someone had the great idea of swapping joy for joe? we will never know.

    • @joshuabelt8648
      @joshuabelt8648 3 роки тому

      Joe 'awful' coffee is how it originated he was a legendary boxer who started a Cafe in Denver

  • @pirborz1850
    @pirborz1850 8 років тому +7

    here in Italy there are a lot of different ways to order a coffee (caffè in italian) there is:
    espresso
    lungo (more coffee than a espresso)
    ristretto (a "short coffe)
    macchiato caldo (with hot milk)
    macchiato freddo (with cold milk)
    schiumato (with a little of foamed milk)
    marocchino (moroccan, there's no a unique way but in general there is some cocoa somewhere)
    corretto (a nice way to say "with alcohol")
    americano
    d'orzo (barley coffee, you can also ask for the "tazza grande" which means that you want the cappuccino cup)
    di gingseng (gingseng coffee)
    con ghiaccio (with ice)
    affogato (with ice cream)
    caffè freddo (cold coffee)
    shakerato (mixed in the shaker)
    cappuccino
    cappuccino chiaro/scuro (more milk/less milk)
    caffè latte (it's right, if you ask for a latte, you receive a glass of milk)
    and so on and so on

    • @dimesonhiseyes9134
      @dimesonhiseyes9134 8 років тому

      Piər Borz what about just coffee black? not Americano but brewed coffee.

    • @pirborz1850
      @pirborz1850 8 років тому

      Dimes On His Eyes sure, simply caffè, it could be made with the moka pot, with the bar machine or with the automatic machine. Then you ask your favourite modification of it but there's a lot of people thant drink coffee even sugarless

    • @pirborz1850
      @pirborz1850 8 років тому

      Btw: the automatic machine suck

    • @dimesonhiseyes9134
      @dimesonhiseyes9134 8 років тому

      Piər Borz I prefer a French press if I make it myself.

    • @pirborz1850
      @pirborz1850 8 років тому

      Dimes On His Eyes never tryed, but I know it's preatty famous

  • @williamcfox
    @williamcfox 8 років тому +17

    I'm drinking my morning Joe while watching this,.
    All hail the people's republic of coffee!!!

    • @NameExplain
      @NameExplain  8 років тому +2

      Hooray! I'm having my morning tea now.

    • @kyletowers9662
      @kyletowers9662 6 років тому +2

      Seize the *beans* of production, comrade.

  • @ARTexplains
    @ARTexplains 8 років тому +15

    For a while, I was in the middle of it where I loved the smell of coffee but couldn't stand the taste. Eventually, I grew to love the taste too!

    • @NameExplain
      @NameExplain  8 років тому +6

      +ARTexplains Very nice! I think the smell is universally agreed on as being awesome.

  • @trulyinfamous
    @trulyinfamous 8 років тому +12

    This is an amazing channel, You deserve to be more known among the community

    • @rydemk4168
      @rydemk4168 5 років тому

      Lol you were that guy who said they wanted to be buried next to a tree or something on Vsauce’s taxidermy video?

  • @marinarosario8855
    @marinarosario8855 8 років тому +1

    In Portugal the name changes with the region. The must known names are the ones give Porto and Lisbon. In Porto they call it "Simbalino", because of the machines in which the coffee was made. The machines mark/producer was Simbalino (and Italian Company, if I'm not mistaken).
    In Lisbon you call it "bica", because in beginning of coffee house in Lisbon, to have one you would have to go to the neighborhood of Bica. With time became .
    Thank for the video

  • @Juho.S.
    @Juho.S. 7 років тому +4

    In Finnish coffee is called kahvi. According to the International Coffee Association, each Finn consumes 12 kilograms of coffee per year.

  • @siccbastard4580
    @siccbastard4580 4 роки тому +1

    I have an explanation:
    *joe mama*

  • @carl3693
    @carl3693 4 роки тому +1

    "Who is Joe and why is he in my cup of coffee"
    *J o e m a m a*

  • @Sgfc1111
    @Sgfc1111 8 років тому +2

    I'm so in love with these!

  • @Soliloquy084
    @Soliloquy084 8 років тому +27

    I'm with Brady, can't stand the stuff, is coffee the fuel that powers your creation process like Grey or are you with me and Brady?

    • @NameExplain
      @NameExplain  8 років тому +4

      +Soliloquy I want the be a Grey. I do enjoy coffee but anymore than one cup and my stomach turns to water so I'm a Brady. Glad you got the reference!

    • @Soliloquy084
      @Soliloquy084 8 років тому +1

      +Name Explain Well I have referenced Hello Internet myself. :)

    • @NameExplain
      @NameExplain  8 років тому

      +Soliloquy Ah I've seen grey references in your videos but not Hello Internet ones. I'll have to scout it out.

    • @sarahheikel
      @sarahheikel 8 років тому +2

      +Name Explain you two should form your own version of the Grey Brady duo. You're both cool knowledge channels and it'd be nice if you could do collab or something. But that's just a thought

  • @alicia1467
    @alicia1467 6 років тому +3

    I know this will seem bad to all coffee snobs but if you add just a pinch of salt it removes the bitter notes. Still makes me poop. 😂

  • @TheGiuse45
    @TheGiuse45 2 роки тому

    1:46 expresso does not exist in Italian! The translation of espresso is express, like "corriere espresso" meaning "express courier" or "esprimere un'opinione" meaning "to express an opinion".
    Few words in Italian have the x letter in them as it's not a character native to latin.

  • @Kiabugboy
    @Kiabugboy 8 років тому +5

    is that... grey and Brady?...

  • @MrTartlet
    @MrTartlet 8 років тому +13

    Man, you know your shit. And now I do to. 👍

  • @bronylike2905
    @bronylike2905 7 років тому +1

    i always wondered why the javasccript logo used to be a cup of coffee

  • @sandoval9276
    @sandoval9276 8 років тому +15

    Wow... that's a hella lot of nicknames (kinda like what happens with beer).
    Btw, nice video -- and nice HI reference✨

    • @NameExplain
      @NameExplain  8 років тому +5

      +SoyLuciano Thanks :)

    • @MoricsR.BrivMurnieks
      @MoricsR.BrivMurnieks 8 років тому +3

      You could do one about beers too. As far as I know in Europe, they have mainly related origins which are connected with each other. Like ALUS in Latvina (simmulary in Finnish or Lithuanian), PIVO in Russian (and other slavic languages) and BEER simmular in Germanick languages.

  • @KingsleyIII
    @KingsleyIII 8 років тому +1

    Skip to 2:30 for why coffee can be called "a cup of _Joe_".

  • @Orionte9
    @Orionte9 6 років тому

    The legend says that in Lisbon a coffe is caled Bica because of the acronym Beba. Isto. Com. Açucar (Drink this with sugar) because is bitter taste

  • @lexlero434
    @lexlero434 8 років тому +2

    u should do one on why we have different names for our bathrooms

  • @joshuabelt8648
    @joshuabelt8648 3 роки тому

    Joe 'awful' Coffee was a flywieght boxing legend that started a coffe shop called Joe awfuls coffee in Denver that is why its called a cup of joe and thats why it didn't show up until the 30s

  • @emersonVZLA
    @emersonVZLA 2 роки тому

    What about Joe DiMaggio been in early coffee commercials?

  • @ninjahombrepalito1721
    @ninjahombrepalito1721 6 років тому

    I thought Java was because of Java Café, the coffee place. I think some people also call coffee starbucks.

  • @joerivera5194
    @joerivera5194 6 років тому +1

    The jokes a hear in realiation to my favorite drink are finally explained to me...

  • @joshpearson2928
    @joshpearson2928 7 років тому

    0:02 Is that a Hello Internet reference?

  • @MoricsR.BrivMurnieks
    @MoricsR.BrivMurnieks 8 років тому +1

    Just founded your channel, its awesome. But sticking to the topic, what do you have to say about Kaffa province in Ethiopia, from were the coffee drink has originated? Did the place gave name to drink or vice versa?
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaffa_Province

  • @taitano12
    @taitano12 6 років тому +3

    I'm sorry, but I must correct you on the "cup of Joe" thing. In fact, though I am a big fan of yours, for the first time ever, the tone in your voice on that part makes me want to slap you because of the disrespect you are showing by that dismissive tone to my grandfather and to the strong oral history among sailors.
    See, my late grandfather joined the USCG in the late 30's, just as WWII was breaking out. One of the most passionate seamen I have ever known, he spent his later years as Compass adjuster and, more pertinent, a Professor near here, teaching both Navigation and Naval History. He was the kind of guy that people would turn to to fix other CA's "adjustments" and that the USCG would hire to come to Alaska to adjust the compasses on the AK fleet. He heard the story you just dismissed off hand from a sailor who had started using the term for the reason you mentioned.
    I must emphasize to you that he heard it FIRST HAND while old Joe Daniels himself was STILL ALIVE. And part of it was how, even before banning alcohol, Joseph Daniels had already made coffee a mandatory part of daily rations - first on his ship as a captain in the late 1800's and in his fleet as an Admiral. In fact, it was a term of endearment celebrating an admiral who brought the American Navy up to speed from being almost a joke in the latter half of the 19th Century.
    It's not a "scenario" it is what happened. Told to me by my grandfather; a Professor of Navigation and Naval History and one of the less than 10% of Sea Captains with an Unlimited License, which permitted him to pilot a vessel of any size in any waters in the world... Not a person to be argued with unless you are a peer in his field, is what I am saying.
    For the most part, I really liked this video. But that one section at 2:51 completely ruined it for me and forced me to give you a downvote. Not because of the inaccuracy, but because of the disrespect and dismissive attitude you showed to oral history in general.
    I apologize for going off on a rant like that. Still a subscriber, still a fan, but, as a sailor and for the memory of my grandpa, that one stung.

    • @eroticnetwork1421
      @eroticnetwork1421 6 років тому

      See, I am also thinking that he could not pronounced kahve more wrong

    • @TheDrGravy
      @TheDrGravy 5 років тому

      are you trolling or nah?

  • @Idinnes
    @Idinnes 5 років тому

    What about the toffee and coffee what is the connection

  • @mrmimeisfunny
    @mrmimeisfunny 7 років тому

    3:13 Why Java Twice?

  • @prytooblack
    @prytooblack 8 років тому

    going through lots of your videos and loving the hello internet references

  • @EdKolis
    @EdKolis Рік тому

    If you make a movie about coffee, does it have a JavaScript?

  • @thebinarybox8413
    @thebinarybox8413 7 років тому

    4th into an allnighter? Weaklings. I'm up by sheer WILlpoweeerrrrrr-(snoring)

  • @grugnotice7746
    @grugnotice7746 7 років тому +1

    Coffee helps to metabolize some of the harmful byproducts of alcohol consumption. It's been shown that people who drink at least three cups a day have a much lower risk of cirrhosis.

    • @taitano12
      @taitano12 6 років тому

      Which is why Old Joe instituted coffee as a mandatory ration, first on his ship as a Captain, then later in his fleet as an Admiral before he gained the power to banish alcohol altogether in WWI.

  • @licher7863
    @licher7863 4 роки тому

    I can function without it

  • @dirayaakbar
    @dirayaakbar 5 років тому

    you pronounce java = jawa (sounds like joa)... so simpler version of jawa is joe

  • @FilthyLegionMain
    @FilthyLegionMain 4 роки тому

    2:34 "who's joe?" You have done it now..

  • @jacobtaylor9934
    @jacobtaylor9934 6 років тому

    Who coined the term 'coined'?

  • @popong10
    @popong10 4 роки тому

    "who's joe"
    Terrible choice of words.

  • @mercinarydanny6709
    @mercinarydanny6709 5 років тому

    2:34
    * Insert Joe Mama meme here *

  • @Teankun
    @Teankun 7 років тому +2

    But where does "average joe" come from?

    • @turtleguitar9990
      @turtleguitar9990 5 років тому

      Joe is a stereotypical name so "the average Joe" is just a normal dude

  • @williamsledge3151
    @williamsledge3151 7 років тому

    I sometimes call coffee hipster juice

  • @tonigym3061
    @tonigym3061 7 років тому

    dont drink dirty water. we are mammals, drink milk!

  • @Trufles1234
    @Trufles1234 7 років тому

    0:03 left Cgp Grey

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 7 років тому

    I think I'll sip one now after watching this

  • @teamaj2418
    @teamaj2418 5 років тому

    Memorable information....

  • @maribelbetances8147
    @maribelbetances8147 7 років тому

    Lil cup of joe lol cup of maribel

  • @chairde
    @chairde 6 років тому

    I've never ever heard anyone call it a cup of Joe.

  • @AmanShah187
    @AmanShah187 8 років тому +2

    British, Chinese most everyone got their tea drinking from India cmon get ur history straight

  • @lexthegracefulrival4066
    @lexthegracefulrival4066 8 років тому

    Nice video.
    You could try making videos explaining why countries are called what they are. For example why Poland is called Poland or why is Pakistan called Pakistan (basicly explaining meaning and origins of countries name). BTW keep up the good work

    • @NameExplain
      @NameExplain  8 років тому

      +Gracjan Lekston Thanks for the nice words. The first few videos on the channel are all country based and I plan on doing more country videos in the future. I just wanted to do a selection of non country based videos so I didn't paint myself into a corner and people only think I do them.

  • @TommyWerny7
    @TommyWerny7 2 місяці тому

    Keep going! You gonna make it out of London or whatever

  • @Super165i
    @Super165i 6 років тому +1

    I’m watching this video while drinking coffee ☕️ at Starbucks

  • @GeoWashInn
    @GeoWashInn 6 років тому

    Your timeline doesn't add up! It was first called a "cup of George" during the Great War (WWI). The name George is often shortened to “Geo.” and there’s no written record of the phrase “cup of Joe” until after 1930. Coffee’s “cup of George” got started during WWI, long before it was referred to as “Joe”. Is this where “cup of Joe” originated? It makes a lot of sense. Check it out on Wiktionary!

  • @Remiel-Sayo
    @Remiel-Sayo 5 років тому

    Id like me a cup of coffee rn

  • @peabody1976
    @peabody1976 7 років тому

    3:34 That's what happens when you drink coffee, eh?

  • @eoretaspace
    @eoretaspace 2 роки тому

    So Joe is the murican Grog

  • @totigerus
    @totigerus 6 років тому

    gimme a cuppa muuuuddd

  • @briannanatalia
    @briannanatalia 6 років тому +1

    3:03 this kid looks like Ed Sheeran. Am I wrong?

  • @kingpeedorah
    @kingpeedorah 3 роки тому

    Jonathan's mother.

  • @dstick9014
    @dstick9014 Рік тому

    whos joe

  • @JaroslavKsandr
    @JaroslavKsandr 7 років тому

    And we czechs call it "kafe". (or káva)

  • @elio_fay
    @elio_fay 6 років тому

    I've never heard of anyone referring to coffee as a cup of Joe.

  • @rejvaik00
    @rejvaik00 7 років тому

    Never understood damn coffe names. Just drink it black, from PR.

  • @noorazraq2245
    @noorazraq2245 6 років тому

    In Qahwah the first ‘w’ is meant to be pronounced.

  • @randommemesweekly4417
    @randommemesweekly4417 3 роки тому

    tea is superior

  • @johnallardyce4164
    @johnallardyce4164 8 років тому

    you need more subscribers.

  • @Itsmeeman1
    @Itsmeeman1 8 років тому +1

    but why is Tea, 'Cha'?

    • @Killer97
      @Killer97 7 років тому

      in some languages tea is called chay

    • @bogi18
      @bogi18 6 років тому

      One word: China.

    • @eroticnetwork1421
      @eroticnetwork1421 6 років тому

      Nope! Tea is the weirdo name. Ir was an abbrevitation, but soon it got a one word

  • @Miniae_Cecilia
    @Miniae_Cecilia 8 років тому

    Really enjoyed the video. Though I personally prefer my own cup of hot tea

  • @rafisw160
    @rafisw160 8 років тому +1

    Lattes were invented in my American home town of Berkeley

    • @ivyssauro123
      @ivyssauro123 8 років тому +2

      Not.

    • @pirborz1850
      @pirborz1850 8 років тому +1

      Rafi Schon Wirtschafter lattes come from Italy

    • @iambecomechaos
      @iambecomechaos 7 років тому +1

      Ma vaffanculo a 'sti americani! 😂

  • @Xkaled2008X
    @Xkaled2008X 5 років тому

    A cup of Joe Mama

  • @beard3380
    @beard3380 6 років тому

    *CAN I HAVE A JOE?*

  • @tonlesv1010
    @tonlesv1010 6 років тому

    actually my name is joe so that is really cool for my name to be in this video! :)

  • @ratlifffamilylawns8104
    @ratlifffamilylawns8104 5 років тому

    Ian y Gath said To check out your channel . hes right it is good .thank you

  • @mindthesyntax2999
    @mindthesyntax2999 8 років тому

    Hello internet joke...

  • @philosoftfurkitusjunkyard2462
    @philosoftfurkitusjunkyard2462 4 роки тому

    When pus in boots asked for leche, I thought he wanted lychee juice, but then it was white.
    Was Java VOC thing?

  • @erei5659
    @erei5659 5 років тому

    2:34
    mama

  • @dimesonhiseyes9134
    @dimesonhiseyes9134 8 років тому

    coffee makes me poop.

  • @rvtar34
    @rvtar34 6 років тому

    Can i have a joe?

  • @papilloneffect4015
    @papilloneffect4015 7 років тому +1

    I like your character model. It looks like Gordon Freeman done in MS Paint. That's not an insult, I really like half life. I'm guessing that's a cartoon of yourself and all. Just wanted to give you a like and say I like the art style. Keep up the videos, I enjoy them.

  • @jacobwcrosby
    @jacobwcrosby 7 років тому

    Firstly, I do greatly appreciate the time and effort that you put into this video. Keep up the good work!
    That being said, the idea of it 'being really unlikely' that something could have been coined and recorded with such a gap between is *INCREDIBLY COMMON*. There are myriad examples of such things, hell, some phrases are hundreds of years old, but so ubiquitous that nobody ever thought to write or explain where they came from. If that is your only reason for it not being from 'Joe Military', I find it really disappointing that you would say it is outright *NOT TRUE*, I mean, come on... That is incredibly naive and thoroughly disappointing.

  • @mhhhmm8118
    @mhhhmm8118 8 років тому

    I really enjoyed this video very interesting

  • @adamhenrywalker
    @adamhenrywalker 3 роки тому +1

    You Brits and tea but the country that drinks the most tea per capita is 🇹🇷

  • @buggzybunny3540
    @buggzybunny3540 2 роки тому

    the express vesso eh joe vesso hes my uncle by the way

  • @dnersargaren8677
    @dnersargaren8677 5 років тому

    Hearing American's refer to coffee as a "cup of Joe" literally makes my skin crawl - I hate it. Argh!! I hate it!... Thank God I'm a Central Londoner & therefore never have to hear this butchery.

  • @stevefromminecraft855
    @stevefromminecraft855 5 років тому

    Joe Mama

  • @PixelBytesPixelArtist
    @PixelBytesPixelArtist 7 років тому

    HI fan!!!

  • @eroticnetwork1421
    @eroticnetwork1421 6 років тому

    Good vid, but Kahve is pronounced kuh-wae

  • @timelordrohan9425
    @timelordrohan9425 4 роки тому

    2:34 *JO E M A M A*

  • @maribelbetances8147
    @maribelbetances8147 7 років тому

    Haha

  • @sanjanaguha3554
    @sanjanaguha3554 3 роки тому

    Joe mama

  • @buggzrabbit2548
    @buggzrabbit2548 2 роки тому

    joe vesso is my uncle kinda funny that tyhey tell you the truth about the cup of joe and the express vesso then thjey lie to you not even two min later anmd you wind up believing the lie and it wasnt even two mins for cryimng out loud

  • @chiefkovu806
    @chiefkovu806 4 роки тому

    Scp

  • @Karlywoo_Plays
    @Karlywoo_Plays 7 років тому

    🙄

  • @crunch1757
    @crunch1757 8 років тому

    esspresso was originally called express it was called that by a coffee shop called "cup o' joe's" it became esspresso by a customer who pronounced X as S and added OH! at the end of every sentence
    he said "can i have an espress OH!" Cup Of Joe found it funny and renamed it esspresso

  • @ignemuton5500
    @ignemuton5500 8 років тому +1

    Coffee is fucking disgusting, smell like cigars.

  • @FatPigInTheHouse
    @FatPigInTheHouse 6 років тому

    I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @keithraileyreyes8607
    @keithraileyreyes8607 2 роки тому

    Joe mama