May your coffee be stronger than your daughters Attitude Shirt
What is the history of coffee? How and when did we start drinking this liquid gold? Today, Coffee is considered by many to bethe essential fuel for a good and productive day.The history of coffee begins with a goat farmer in Ethiopia. Coffee has spread around the world to become one of the most consumed drinks in the world.But coffee itself has been through a few trials and tribulations since its magical energy giving properties were discovered centuries ago.How did we come to turn a small, bright red coffee cherry into a drink consumed over 2 billion times everyday? Here we’re going to follow coffee on its journey, from its humble, yet still mythical, beginnings in Ethiopia to how it became a beverage of the world, grown in over 70 countries, and drunk in every single country on the planet.The Beginning of CoffeeAccording to legend -and this is the most commonly cited story of coffee’s origin- the energizing effects of the coffee bean were first noticed by a goat herder called Kaldi, who lived on the Ethiopian plateau way back during the 9th centuryOne day Kaldi noticed that after some of his heard had grazed on the bright red cherry of the coffee plant they seemed to possess boundless energy, certainly more than the rest of his animals. As the story goes, this left them too energized to fall asleep at night, as their bundles of energy had them bounding all over the place.
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May your coffee be stronger than your daughters Attitude Shirt
From here, Kaldi tried the beans himself and found that they really were very invigorating. He chose to share his new discovery with the local monastery, who disregarded his anecdotes and threw the beans in the fire. A delectable aroma quickly began rising from the fire, and the beans were scrapped out for further investigationThe monks then chose to crush the beans and add them to water. To their surprise, and joy, they found that the beverage gave them the same energy and vigor that it gave Kaldi and his goats, allowing them to stay awake and alert for evening mass. These monks passed their findings on to other monks and monasteries and so began the journey of coffee!The earliest copy we have of any text containing this story comes from 1671 -seven hundred years after the fact- and that’s why it’s often cited as legend or myth. But it’s a beginning all the same!
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