Editing Pope Clement VIII (section)

==Coffee==
{{See also|History of coffee}}

[[Coffee]] aficionados often claim that the spread of its popularity among Catholics is due to Pope Clement VIII's influence. According to the legend, there was opposition to coffee as "Satan's drink",<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ukers|first=William H.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YkftDQAAQBAJ&q=coffee+beverage+of+the+devil&pg=PT24|title=All about Coffee: A History of Coffee from the Classic Tribute to the World's Most Beloved Beverage|date=2012|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781440556326|language=en}}</ref> leading to the pope's advisors asking him to denounce the beverage. However, upon tasting coffee, Pope Clement VIII declared: "Why, this Satan's drink is so delicious that it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it."<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/01/10/144988133/drink-coffee-off-with-your-head| title = Cole, Adam. "Drink Coffee? Off With Your Head!", ''Salt'', NPR, January 17, 2012| website = NPR| date = 17 January 2012| last1 = Cole| first1 = Adam}}</ref> Clement allegedly blessed the bean because it appeared better for the people than alcoholic beverages.<ref>[http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/about/coffee.jsp Wallin, Nils-Bertil. "Coffee: A Long Way From Ethiopia", ''Yale Global'', November 5, 2002] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401222223/http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/about/coffee.jsp |date=April 1, 2016 }}</ref> The year often cited is 1600. It is not clear whether this is a true story, but it may have been found amusing at the time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coffee Facts and Statistics|url=http://www.professorshouse.com/food-beverage/beverages/coffee-facts-statistics.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601194012/http://www.professorshouse.com/food-beverage/beverages/coffee-facts-statistics.aspx|archive-date=2010-06-01|access-date=2010-06-08}}</ref>