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Bewley's Limited is an Irish beverages company, located in Dublin and established in 1840, that produces tea and coffee for retail sale. The company is owned by Campbell Bewley Group Ltd.〔(Corporate website )〕 Bewley's has significant coffee roasting facilities in Ireland capable of roasting approximately 2,000 tonnes of coffee beans per annum. The company has operations in the United States; in the Boston area under the Rebecca's Cafe name and in California as Java City. Bewley's also serves customers in the United Kingdom, Europe and internationally. It employs over 1,000 people worldwide. ==History== The Bewley family were Quakers who originated in France and moved to Ireland in the 18th century. They entered the tea trade and in 1835 Charles Bewley landed an unprecedented cargo of 2,000 chests of tea shipped directly from China to Dublin, thereby breaking the East India Tea Company’s monopoly. The Bewley family subsequently expanded into the coffee trade and in the late 19th century they opened cafes in South Great George's Street (1894) and Westmoreland Street (1896) in Dublin. Following the end of the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Free State was established in 1922 and endured civil war between 1922 and 1923. The Grafton Street café was opened by Ernest Bewley in November 1927 following significant turbulence in the city. The building had once housed Whyte’s Academy, a school whose pupils included the Duke of Wellington and Robert Emmet. Ernest Bewley undertook a complete refurbishment of the building, drawing inspiration from the European cafes of Paris and Vienna, as well as oriental tearooms and Egyptian architecture (which influenced the façade and was inspired by the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922). Bewley’s Grafton Street became a hub of the literary, cultural, artistic, architectural and social life of Dublin. The café was frequented by Irish literary and artistic figures, including James Joyce (who mentioned the cafe in his book “Dubliners”), Patrick Kavanagh, Samuel Beckett and Sean O’Casey. Since 1986 Bewley’s has been owned and operated by Campbell Bewley Group Limited (“Bewley’s”), which belongs to the Irish entrepreneur, sculptor and artist, Patrick Campbell,〔(Paddy Cambell website )〕 and his family. Patrick Bewley, a direct descendant of the founder Joshua Bewley, still works with the company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bewley's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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