Hamburg: always tea and coffee thirsty: Manfred Korner covers the Hamburg scene, as Tea & Coffee World Cup prepares for its Sixth Symposium & Exhibition to be held in this famous port city, September 11-13, 2005.

Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, June, 2005 by Korner, Manfred

Hamburg's career as an international port at the river Elbe dates back to a small mooring site opposite the ancient castle and fortified hamlet of Hammaburg in 830 AD. Of that castle, which gave name to the city of Hamburg, only shattered remains had been left after it had been completely destructed by rapacious Vikings in 845 AD. But this dreadful incident did not hinder the growth of this water site over the centuries. The real push came with the legal granting of the trade privileges of the Free Port on May 7, 1189, by the Germanic emperor Friedrich Barbarossa. While today's historians are still doubtful about the authenticity of each detail of this document, that day has been celebrated as the port's birthday ever since. Hamburg developed into the leading seaport in...

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