The History of Coffee

By chris vorelli


Who would have thought that      Arabian Peninsula. The coffee
a berry that was discovered by   drink became a staple of many
a herd of goats would be the     early civilizations. In the   
single most important            year 1453, There was a law in
ingredient in the world's most   Turkey that said that a woman
popular drink? Legend has it     could divorce her husband if  
that back in 850AD, a goat       he didn't supply her with a   
herder noticed his herd was      daily supply of coffee!       
full of energy and eating                                      
berries he had never noticed.    The very first known coffee   
Since the goats seemed to have   shop was established in       
such a reaction, the herder      Constantinople around the year
decided to give it a try! The    of 1475 and since that        
berries also gave him a burst    initial introduction to the   
of energy and he began to feel   general public, coffee has    
very happy. Thus, the            pretty much taken over the    
beginning of the journey for     world! Between 1600-1700,     
what is now known as             there were many advancements,
coffee!                          including the world's first   
                                 coffee house and the          
Actually, the story of the       beginnings of commercial      
goat herder isn't the only       production made by the        
legend surrounding this          Dutch. By the middle 1700's,  
discovery. It is also said       there were about 2000 coffee  
that an Arabian man was          shops in Venice, alone!       
banished to the deserts with                                   
his followers to die of          The first prototype of an     
starvation. His men became       espresso machine made in      
very desperate for nourishment   Italy was unveiled in the     
and before long, they were       early 1800's. In the early    
boiling and eating the product   1900's, the first drip coffee
of an unknown tree. The broth    machine was invented, making  
that was produced by this        the coffee making process a   
unknown substance saved the      little less daunting! The     
lives of the men! In the         automatic espresso maker began
nearest town, Mocha, many took   its journey in the 1930's.    
their survival to be a                                         
religious sign. Because of the   By the late 1900's, coffee    
discovery, the drink was then    became the most popular       
named Mocha.                     beverage in the world! The    
                                 coffee is harvested in many   
No matter which story you        countries, including: Africa,
gravitate to, the bottom line    Ethiopia, Brazil, North       
is the same: the berries         America, Italy and even       
actually, the seed of the        Turkey. This kind of crop can
berry gave energy and zest to    also be easily grown and      
all that would consume it!       exported by many third world  
From it's earliest beginnings,   countries, as well. Made to   
coffee was thought of as a       tempt even the pickiest       
delicacy and any recipes         palate, coffee has evolved to
floating around were             include hundreds of flavors   
considered to be a closely       and varying grades and        
guarded secret!                  prices.                       
                                                               
As time passed, the very                                       
first coffee trees were                                        
harvested around 1100, in the    

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