Jul 12 2009
A Brief History of Coffee
Do you ever wonder when people first started making coffee from coffee beans? I was pondering that question the other night and did a little research. Apparently the consumption of coffee can be traced back to the ninth century when a goat herder in the mountains of Ethiopia noticed that his goats were always extra perky after chewing on the seeds of the local coffee plant. He biled the seeds and thus made the first cup o’ joe.
From there the consumption of coffee slowly spread throughout northern Africa and the Middle East. Due to much trading with the east, the first coffee in Europe came to Italy, probably through the Port in Venice. From there it quickly spread throughout Europe and later North America. Today it is of course consumed all over the world and many of us couldn’t get going in the morning without our coffee fix.
photo credit: INeedCoffee / CoffeeHero