There's no consensus on how coffee got the nickname "a cup of joe," but there are a bunch of theories, some way more plausible than others. The most likely is that other nicknames for coffee—"java" and "mocha"—got smushed into one word, "jamoke," which got shortened to "joe" over time.
The next theory in terms of plausibility is that "joe" has a long history of standing in for the common man, and since coffee came to be the common, everyday beverage, the two were a natural fit.
There are other popular theories—like the one claiming "joe" is an homage to Josephus Daniels, who banned alcohol on Navy ships in the early 1900s and thus sparked an uptick in coffee consumption among the crews—but they're not very well proven.
Coffee has been called many things in America. Joe, Java, mud, murk and Jamoke.
Poplar theories abound. The word Joe for coffee has two seemingly reasonable possibilities.
In 1860 a popular song of the times was "old black Joe" written by Stephen C. Foster the same man who wrote "Camp town races" and "Oh! Suzanna". Diners of the time picked up the slang 'Cup O Joe'.
Another possible answer could be that Secretary of the Navy, Joseph Daniels banned alcohol from US Navy warships in 1913 and sailors began drinking more and more coffee and calling it 'Joe'.
"The original javas and mochas-in fact, all important coffee at one time-were arabicas. But Mocha has practically gone out of business, and Java was forced long ago by mass destruction of its arabica plantings from leaf rust to substitute more disease-resistant robustas. Nowadays, some high-grade arabicas are called java and mocha even though they may be grown elsewhere." REFERENCE http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coffee/article3.html Mocha Java is regarded as the first coffee blend. Mocha is grown in the mountains of Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula. Java is from the island of Java in Indonesia. The name has evolved from this and has come to represent coffee in general.
"Cup of joe" is an American nickname for coffee. The phrase goes back to the mid-1840s, and is of unclear origin, though it is possibly short for "Old Black Joe," the title of a popular Stephen Foster song. In any case, it predates Josephus Daniels, the Secretary of the Navy who banned the serving of alcohol on ships in 1914.
Another possible origin lies in the birth of America's taste for coffee, which developed in the 19th century after tea was no longer available from British merchants. The phrase may have come into the American English language via a misunderstanding of the French word chaud, which means "hot" and is pronounced similarly.
The term â??joeâ?? for coffee dates back to the World War I era. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy under Woodrow Wilson, tried to improve the morality of the sailors by banning certain things like prostitution and alcohol on the bases. As a substitute for alcohol, coffee rose in importance and the beverage came to be associated with Daniels. Originally disparagingly called â??A cup of Joseph Danielsâ??, it was soon shortened to â??A cup of Joeâ??.
java is an island in Indonesia, one of the places coffee was first farmed. in the early 16th century, it was shipped from the island Java to the port of Mocha, hints why we get Java Mocha
Because "Java" is another word for coffee.
It is thought to give it a lghter style by referring to it as that.
"Java" is a somewhat old-fashioned slang term for coffee.
Coffee has many names, but it is referred to as Java. Coffee is also called a myriad of other synonyms such as Joe, Mud, Sludge etc.
Java is slang for coffee. The cup and saucer represent a cup of coffee, or java.
Java is another way of saying coffee
The java was developed by James gosling. On It production of coffee and that time the flavour of coffee is most popular so there is symbol of cup of coffee.
The symbol of java used as a hot cup because At the time of taking morning TEA JAMES GOSLIN got a project which name was green project so thats why he uses the symbol of HOT CUP for JAVA.
Because java is the name of the coffee bean In order to represent the coffee in the cup it is represented with the cup
Because Java is an island where coffee is grown, as well as, American slang for coffee.
Java has the coffee cup logo with steam coming out of it.
The beverage coffee is nicknamed 'java': Have a cup of java!
Java is a slang name for coffee in some places. Presumably their logo represents a cup of coffee
* Joe * java * 'bucket of mud' ... meaning cup of coffee
I read this in a book that it's because all class files in Java are identified by a magic number which reads CAFEBABE in hexadecimal assembly. The software engineers that designed Java at Sun used to take a break in a nearby cafe during work hours where they checked out hot girls while sipping their coffee.
a cup of coffee