Do You Know Your Coffee ? I Bet You Don't

Who does not like a freshly brewed cup of coffee in the morning? Well maybe few person do not but I would say a lot of people do appreciate that hot drink and not only in the morning... But where does it originate? Does coffee have an history?

The history of coffee, while hard to verify to accuracy, is the tale of a sheepherder who experienced the effects of coffee while taking care of his sheep. His sheep became very agitated when they ate a certain type of berry off a plant. So he decided to try it too, and reacted the same way. Rumour has it that a monk advised him to be cautious of the devil's fruit. However, it was also believed that the monks used the fruit to stay awake and pray.

There is another known story which reveals an Arabian was expatriated to the desert. He boiled and ate a plant that was unknown to him. Only with the plant, he was able to survive in the desert. Some persons residing in village close by felt the survival was a religious sign. They named the plant Mocha, after that town.

Few people realize the coffee plant initially grew only in Ethiopia. They wrapped it in animal fat to eat while on raids. It started growing after transported to, and they controlled the market of it. The Turks then were the first to drink it. For a sweeter taste, they added cinnamon and clove.

Coffee founds its way to Europe via the Venetian trade merchants. Rumours of the coffee taste started to surface everywhere. The Arab's keep an even tighter grip on the coffee plants. Christian's began claiming coffee was the devil's drink, similar to the monk story above. Then.

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