1781—King Frederick the Great of Prussia establishes state coffee-roasting plants in Germany, declares the coffee business a government monopoly, and forbids the common people to roast their own coffee. "Coffee-smellers" make life miserable for violators of the law.
1784—Coffee cultivation is introduced into Venezuela by seed from Martinique.
1784—A prohibition against the use of coffee, except by the rich, is issued by Maximilian Frederick, elector of Cologne.
1785—Governor Bowdoin of Massachusetts introduces chicory to the United States.
1789—The first import duty on coffee, two and a half cents a pound, is levied by the United States.
1789—George Washington is officially greeted, April 23, as president-elect of the U.S. at the Merchants coffee house in New York.
1790—Coffee cultivation is introduced into Mexico from the West Indies.
1790—The first wholesale coffee-roasting plant in the United States begins operation at 4 Great Dock Street, New York.
1790—The first United States advertisement for coffee appears in the New York Daily Advertiser.
1790—The import duty on coffee in the United States is increased to four cents a pound.