McDonald's Taichung Wenxin South Branch — Restaurant in Taichung

Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau. There, legend says the goat herder Kaldi first discovered the potential of these beloved beans.

The story goes that that Kaldi discovered coffee after he noticed that after eating the berries from a certain tree, his goats became so energetic that they did not want to sleep at night.

Kaldi reported his findings to the abbot of the local monastery, who made a drink with the berries and found that it kept him alert through the long hours of evening prayer. The abbot shared his discovery with the other monks at the monastery, and knowledge of the energizing berries began to spread.

As word moved east and coffee reached the Arabian peninsula, it began a journey which would bring these beans across the globe.

The Arabian Peninsula

Coffee cultivation and trade began on the Arabian Peninsula.  By the 15th century, coffee was being grown in the Yemeni district of Arabia and by the 16th century it was known in Persia, Egypt, Syria, and Turkey.

Coffee was not only enjoyed in homes, but also in the many public coffee houses — called qahveh khaneh — which began to appear in cities across the Near East. The popularity of the coffee houses was unequaled and people frequented them for all kinds of social activity.

Not only did the patrons drink coffee and engage in conversation, but they also listened to music, watched performers, played chess and kept current on the news.  Coffee houses quickly became such an important center for the exchange of information that they were often referred to as “Schools of the Wise.”

With thousands of pilgrims visiting the holy city of Mecca each year from all over the world, knowledge of this “wine of Araby”...

I often come here Saturday afternoons. It's the same thing every time - people who aren't even customers taking up tables to sleep or play with their phones. How do I know they aren't customers? They bring their own food and drinks... I recommend take out only - stay away from...

台灣最糟糕的麥當勞服務，沒有之一。

幾次上班時段買得來速，服務人員總是很堅持，要客人自己把環保杯蓋打開；異常的堅持。

殊不知這樣對駕駛其實很危險。又要顧前方車況，又要收剛剛的信用卡零錢，又要接你的餐點，又要顧小孩，又要擔心不要動作太慢影響到後方來車點餐速度。

幾次被該店得來速服務人員”教育”以後，我到這個窗口已經會主動把杯蓋打開，結果今天一個穿著管理階層制服的服務人員，站在窗口，還是不滿意，冷冷的像對小學生，高高在上對下講話的態度，說「請把杯蓋打開」 ；重複兩次，似乎對我已經打開的杯蓋還不滿意。

天氣已經夠冷了，我希望你的服務態度可以溫暖一點。

我說： 「杯蓋已經打開了啊」.. 服務人員冷冷的說 「請你把杯蓋從杯子上拿下來」。

原來把保溫杯的杯蓋旋開，並輕放在杯子上，不算打開，要整個杯蓋拿下來，讓服務人員看不到杯蓋的存在才算打開。 嗯..學到了。

如果服務人員已經太忙，忙不過來就算了。 但服務人員當下是兩手空空，站在窗口，居高而下冷漠的看著你說，請你把杯蓋拿起來…還講兩次。

看來他們真的很在意杯蓋不打開這件事情…

當下跟他反應這樣其實對駕駛，沒有杯蓋在駕駛座上接熱咖啡其實很危險之後，服務人員很敷衍的說 鞥鞥，好。 把餐點遞給我以後就不講話了。 當下服務人員遞給我一包東西以後不說話，我以為還有餐點繼續在得來速等餐點，以為還有東西沒上完繼續等…等了幾分鐘以後，在窗口跟我乾瞪眼的服務人員才說，先生，東西上完了。 ….嗯….SOP 是這樣寫的嗎？ 上完餐點可以離開跟我們說一下...