Coffee Month

…continued from history of coffee part one.

The finding of coffee is linked to Ethiopians around 800 A.D. Coffee was discovered by an Ethiopian Shepard. However, it also spread to the rest of Africa. Africans ate raw coffee beans, for hundreds of years. Ordinarily, green beans were grounded and filled inside animal fat. This was further rolled into small balls that would assist them as a nutritious source of energy on long journeys. In Arabia, plantation and trade of coffee dates back to around 800 A.D. There are accounts of Turks using it commonly for preparing drinks with spices. History reveals that coffee was first sold in a coffee shop in Constantinople in 1475. The first plantation of coffee was created by Arabs in the high altitude areas of Ethiopia. The shiny green coffee plants grew very easily in their natural environment.

However the origins of roasting coffee beans are a bit obscure. The procedure of separating coffee seed from coffee fruit is intricate. Therefore it can be easily implied that tools and techniques assisting in this procedure developed gradually over a period of some time. There is an interesting chapter in history about coffee. At a certain time, large number coffee shops had opened up in Constantinople. People were so accustomed to going to these coffee shops that clerics objected that fewer people gathered in churches. The Sultan of an Ottoman empire tried to prohibit coffee in Turkey during 1543. However coffee shops were thriving in Turkey in 1554. Coffee stewards become a part of Turkish homes in these times. The coffee business flourished probably due to the prohibition that sky-rocketed coffees popularity.

Over the passage of time coffee beans found their way to India. This can be possibly be attributed to Muslims coming back from their pilgrimage to Mecca. Dutch traders, who came to India, purchased these coffee beans and sold them across Ceylon and East Indies. Coffee was introduced to Americas by an Indonesian plant that was nurtured by King Louis XIV. For hundreds of years this wonderful beverage has been made available throughout the world by talented business men. Coffee came to its preferred areas of cultivation in Americas by 1750. Its cultivation was later tried in the lower regions of Brazil. However, it was soon realized that high altitude regions are best for coffee farms. Moreover cultivating and selling coffee had become a lucrative business for traders living in the Americas at that time. The history of coffee has been an interesting one. It has passed through so many milestones before becoming a common commodity in our houses today. Right from the days of its discovery it provided great refreshment to people.

People still admire that wonderful aroma of coffee and drink it to be invigorate them self.

Ahh .. that was refreshing

What I am drinking Now - Green Mountain Extra Bold 10% Kona Blend

 

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