If we go back in time and remember the history of coffee and how it was discovered, we should remind ourselves that it is easy to brew your own fantastic cup of coffee with little effort.

As a reminder, there are many legends about the origin of coffee, but we can trace its heritage back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau. There, legend says the goat herder Kaldi first discovered the potential of these beloved beans.

The story goes that Kaldi discovered coffee after he noticed that after eating the berries from a certain tree, his goats became so energetic that they did not want to sleep at night. Kaldi reported his findings to the abbot of the local monastery, who made a drink with the berries and found that it kept him alert through the long hours of evening prayer. The abbot shared his discovery with the other monks at the monastery, and knowledge of the energizing berries began to spread.

As word moved east and coffee reached the Arabian peninsula, it began a journey which would bring these beans across the globe.

Coffee was not only enjoyed in homes, but also in the many public coffee houses — called qahveh khaneh — which began to appear in cities across the Near East. The popularity of the coffee houses was unequaled, and people frequented them for all kinds of social activity.

Not only did the patrons drink coffee and engage in conversation, but they also watched performers, played chess and kept current on the news.

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