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A Brief History of Coffee

The most famous of the stories about the origin of coffee involves an Abyssinian goatherd named Kaldi who one day noticed that his normally docile goats had suddenly become exceptionally lively. On closer investigation Kaldi discovered his goats were nibbling the bright red berries from a shiny, dark-leafed shrub nearby.Bravely the goatherd tasted these berries himself and soon found, to his amazement that he felt extraordinarily stimulated and invigorated. Convinced that he had discovered a miracle Kaldi picked some more of the berries and showed his local Imam, a learned holy man. The Imam, on hearing the story, pronounced the beans to be evil and flung them onto the fire, whereupon a delicious and exotic aroma soon filled the air. Hastily the Imam, changing his mind, raked the beans from the fire and threw them into a bowl of water to cool, and then tasted the water. So was the first recorded coffee ‘brewed’ and enjoyed.

The coffee plant ‘Coffee Arabica’ originated on the plateaus of central Ethiopia where it still grows wild. Arab traders took the beans from Ethiopia across the Red Sea to Yemen around the 6th century AD.

In Arabia coffee is first mentioned as a medicine, then as a beverage taken during medication and religious exercises. But by the 13th century throughout Arabia Qahveh (coffee) houses serving the drink had become very popular, lively places where music was played and politicians, philosophers, artists and tradesmen all gathered. As coffee drinkers grew in Arabia and Turkey, voyagers and traders from Europe tasted the new drink and took news of it back to Europe.

It wasn’t until 1615 that the first shipment of coffee arrived in Europe at European trading headquarters Venice from Turkey, and coffee houses quickly spread throughout Italy and to Vienna, then on to most of Europe.

Coffee is now grown in most parts of the zone between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, mostly at an elevation of 800 to 1000 metres, where the plant thrives best. The Robusta plant though, being hardier, can be grown at lower elevations.

Di Bella Coffee sources the finest Arabica beans from Kenya, Tanzania, Brazil, Central America and the Pacific.




	A Brief History of Coffee The most famous of the stories about the origin of coffee involves an Abyssinian goatherd named Kaldi who one day noticed that his normally docile goats had suddenly become exceptionally lively. On closer investigation Kaldi discovered his goats were nibbling the bright red berries from a shiny, dark-leafed shrub nearby.Bravely the goatherd tasted these berries himself and soon found, to his amazement that he felt extraordinarily stimulated and invigorated. Convinced that he had discovered a miracle Kaldi picked some more of the berries and showed his local Imam, a learned holy man. The Imam, on hearing the story, pronounced the beans to be evil and flung them onto the fire, whereupon a delicious and exotic aroma soon filled the air. Hastily the Imam, changing his mind, raked the beans from the fire and threw them into a bowl of water to cool, and then tasted the water. So was the first recorded coffee ‘brewed’ and enjoyed. The coffee plant ‘Coffee Arabica’ originated on the plateaus of central Ethiopia where it still grows wild. Arab traders took the beans from Ethiopia across the Red Sea to Yemen around the 6th century AD. In Arabia coffee is first mentioned as a medicine, then as a beverage taken during medication and religious exercises. But by the 13th century throughout Arabia Qahveh (coffee) houses serving the drink had become very popular, lively places where music was played and politicians, philosophers, artists and tradesmen all gathered. As coffee drinkers grew in Arabia and Turkey, voyagers and traders from Europe tasted the new drink and took news of it back to Europe. It wasn’t until 1615 that the first shipment of coffee arrived in Europe at European trading headquarters Venice from Turkey, and coffee houses quickly spread throughout Italy and to Vienna, then on to most of Europe. Coffee is now grown in most parts of the zone between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, mostly at an elevation of 800 to 1000 metres, where the plant thrives best. The Robusta plant though, being hardier, can be grown at lower elevations. Di Bella Coffee sources the finest Arabica beans from Kenya, Tanzania, Brazil, Central America and the Pacific.
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