The History of the Coffee Bean

We love coffee for many different reasons. Your reason for drinking coffee may be different from someone else's.

There is the mild stimulation that you get from drinking a cup of coffee, or perhaps you more enjoy the relaxation of the warm beverage.

Coffee is so popular around the world in fact, that our consumption is said to account for a third of our total consumption of free tap water.

There is a certain complexity and tone of interest to coffee that it and all that comes with it, from roasters and coffee grinders to espresso machines and milk frothers, reminds us of a form of artwork.

There are coffee beans from all different growing conditions all around the world, but if you really want to understand your coffee and be a true coffee connoisseur, you need to learn about the history of the coffee bean.

According to a coffee history legend, the the finding of the first coffee bean was as follows:

An Arabian shepherd named Kaldi found his goats dancing joyously around a ark green leafed shrub with bright red cherries in the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Kaldi soon determined that it was the bright red cherries on the shrub that were causing the particular euphoria and after trying the cherries himself, he learned of their powerful effect. The stimulating effect was then exploited by monks at a local monastery to stay awake during hours of prayer and distributed to other monasteries around the world. Coffee was born.

Coffee is now extraordinarily popular all around the globe, and historical and social factors have most certainly both contributed to coffee being one of the most commonly drank beverages in the world today.

In terms of the future, it seems as though coffee will only continue to strive in terms of popularity, especially as researchers are finding more and more that drinking coffee is good for your health and can even prevent diseases such as diabetes.

Image: A Cup of Coffee

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