Origin of Coffee.

2. The Origin of coffee

3. Coffee was first discovered in Eastern Africa in the highlands of Ethiopia in the ninth century. Ethiopian shepherd-boy named Kaldi. Kaldi awoke one morning to find that his goats were missing. He set out at once to find his herd and when he did, he found his goats dancing with an unnatural level of energy. He observed them eating certain “wild berries” which were in fact coffee berries. After trying the berries himself, he soon experienced the powerful energy boost these “little berries” could provide. Coffee was born.

4. Coffee then spread northward to Egypt and across the Red Sea to Arabia. Egypt helped to expand the cultivation process and it was in Arabia that coffee beans were first roasted and brewed as they are today.

5. Map showing areas of coffee cultivation:r: Coffea Robusta/canephoram: Coffea Robusta/canephora & Coffeaarabicaa: Coffeaarabica Coffeaarabica Coffea Robusta/canephora

6. AlturaCoatepec Arabian Mocha Jamaica Blue Moutain Ethiopia Harar Bugisu Chiapas

7. Ethiopia Sidamo Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Guatemala Antigua Sumatra Hawaii Java

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