History of Coffee
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The Coffee Tale
As I promised you last time, this month's piece will be devoted to coffee and the history of this enchanted drink. Both tea and coffee are on the top of the list of the best-liked and most consumed drinks in the world.
Food historians all agree that the coffee plant originally came from Ethiopia. However, growing of the coffee plant, which still grows on its own in the nature today in Ethiopia, originated in Yemen.
Yemen, at the time, hosted one of the most frequented ports of the world; Mocha. This helped coffee to spread all around the world almost in no time.
The Savoirs of Coffee believe that coffee growing dates back to 575 AD in Yemen, yet scarcely any coffee found its way out till the beginning of the 15th century. An Arabic monopoly over coffee reigned until then, similar to that of the Chinese over tea. The journey of coffee all over the world starting from the Arab Peninsula probably calls to mind its first time arrival to the Arabic territory. It was the Sudanese slaves carrying along coffee plants that introduced Arabs to coffee...