![]() In its early stage of consumption, coffee was deemed as a medicinal or religious drink for Arab Sufi monks. It is also believed that the Arab word for wine - qahwa gave birth to the drink’s name, coffee. Soon after its introduction, the stimulating drink enchanted the Arabs. Writer, Mark Pendergrast, states that coffee plantations might have been deliberately set up during the fifty years that Ethiopia invaded Yemen in the 6th century. The how of coffee’s travel from Ethiopia to Yemen is not well known. ![]() ![]() The written record that describes when coffee was initially cultivated and consumed goes back to the 15th century in the Arabian Peninsula. Today you can find it grown in over 70 countries around the world. ![]() Native to the African continent, coffee traveled the globe, mostly through trades facilitated by the colonial power in our history. The legend has it that coffee was first discovered by dancing goats of Kaldi in Ethiopia. ![]()
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