The document discusses the origins and history of coffee. It describes how coffee was discovered by a goat herder in Ethiopia who noticed his goats acting strangely after eating red berries. He shared this discovery with a monk who used the berries to stay awake for night prayers. As the 1600s progressed, coffee houses sprang up across Europe and became social hubs for conversation and debate, similar to coffee houses in Arabia. Today, coffee is the second largest commodity traded globally.