The French were not willing to share, but the French Governor's wife, captivated by his good looks, gave him a large bouquet of flowers before he left— buried inside were enough coffee seeds to begin what is today a billion-dollar industry. Missionaries and travelers, traders and colonists continued to carry coffee seeds to new lands, and coffee trees were planted worldwide.
Plantations were established in magnificent tropical forests and on rugged mountain highlands. Some crops flourished, while others were short-lived. New nations were established on coffee economies. Fortunes were made and lost. By the end of the 18th century, coffee had become one of the world's most profitable export crops.
After crude oil, coffee is the most sought commodity in the world. Become a Member! User Login. Toggle navigation. What is Coffee? The History of Coffee No one knows exactly how or when coffee was discovered, though there are many legends about its origin.
An Ethiopian Legend Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau. Coffee Comes to Europe European travelers to the Near East brought back stories of an unusual dark black beverage. Aug 17, PM. Ethiopia grows coffee in Kaffa Province and this was where I was told the name came from. Sep 7, AM. Kevin Hughes. Very interesting since coffee does a lot of the same things to the brain as wine.
Apr 1, PM. Joris van Pelt. Nov 10, PM. Also called Kopi Tubruk. Now my weekend treat is plunger coffee. Sep 2, AM. Sep 1, AM. James Vetzel, oh my gosh! Nobody better ruin my coffee for me! Nectar of the Gods! Lynne Cage. The word coffee appears to have been derived from the name of the region where coffee beans were first used by a herder in the 6th or 9th century depending on author : kaffa from the Keffa Zone in southwestern Ethiopia derived from Kaffa Province, which was the name of the region in ancient Abyssinia Feb 26, PM.
Paul Martin. Sep 18, PM. Ivan Haswell Crone. Very interesting. Love your explanations. Sep 16, AM. Charles Dyer. We love it, we rely on it, and we drink it in massive quantities. It is estimated that 2. New Yorkers are said to drink 7 times the amount of any other U. Famed French writer and philosopher Voltaire was rumored to have drunk 40 — 50 cups per day.
Coffee is a daily ritual in the lives of millions of humans around the globe. Where exactly did this caffeinated phenomenon begin? There is a popular Ethiopian legend wherein coffee is discovered by a goat herder named Kaldi, who found his goats frolicking and full of energy after eating the red fruit of the coffee shrub. Kaldi tried the fruit for himself and had a similar reaction. After witnessing their strange behavior, a monk took some of the fruit back to his fellow monks; they too spent the night awake and alert.
This natural stimulant also serves as an inborn plant pesticide, protecting the coffee fruit from insects. Before coffee became our morning beverage of choice, it appeared in a variety of different preparations. In its most basic, unprocessed form, coffee is a cherry-like fruit, which becomes red when ripe; the coffee bean is found at the center of the red coffee fruit.
Early on, the fruit were mixed with animal fat to create a protein rich snack bar. At one point, the fermented pulp was used to make a wine-like concoction; incidentally, a similar beverage was made from the cacao fruit, before the advent of chocolate, which goes to show that humans are especially adept at finding new ways to imbibe.
Another drink that appeared around A. In Yemen it earned the name qahwah , which was originally a romantic term for wine.
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