1765—Mme. de Pompadour's golden coffee mill is mentioned in her inventory.
1770—Complete revolution in style of English serving pots; return to the flowing lines of the Turkish ewer.
1770—Chicory is first used with coffee in Holland.
1770–73—Coffee cultivation begins in Rio, Minãs, and São Paulo.
1771—John Dring is granted a patent in England for a compound coffee.
1774—Molke, a Belgian monk, introduces the coffee plant from Surinam into the garden of the Capuchin monastery at Rio de Janeiro.
1774—A letter is sent by the Committee of Correspondence from the Merchants' coffee house, New York, to Boston, proposing the American Union.
1777—King Frederick the Great of Prussia issues his celebrated coffee and beer manifesto, recommending the use of the latter in place of the former among the lower classes.
1779—Richard Dearman is granted an English patent for a new method of making mills for grinding coffee.
1779—Coffee cultivation is introduced into Costa Rica from Cuba by the Spanish voyager, Navarro.