CoFfee history
The origin of
coffee remains shrouded in the legends and myths of the Middle East. One legend
tells of Kaldi, an Abyssinian (Ethiopian) goatherd who one day found his heard
frolicking at around a cluster of shiny, dark-leaved shrubs bearing red berries.
When Kaldi tasted the berries himself, he realized what had prompted the goat's
uncharacteristic behavior. Kaldi shared his discovery with the inhabitants of a
nearby monastery, who developed a fondness for the fruit and its seeds-the
coffee beans encased in each berry.
By drinking the beverage that resulted from boiling the berries, the monks found they could stay awake during evening prayers. Another legend attributes the discovery of coffee to Omar, and Arabian dervish (a Muslim mystic). Exiled by his enemies to the wilderness-where he faced certain starvation-Omar survived by making a broth from water and the berries he plucked from coffee trees
What is coffee?
Coffee is the seed of a cherry from a tree, which grows from sea level to approximately 6,000 feet, in a narrow subtropical belt around the world. Coffee trees are an evergreen and grow to heights of 20 feet. To simplify harvesting, the trees are pruned to 8 to 10 feet. Coffee cherries ripen at different times, so they are predominantly picked by hand. It takes approximately 2,000 Arabica cherries to produce just one pound of roasted coffee.
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