September 15th, 2009 by editor
Coffee is a beverage in every country in the world. Granted, the coffees of different countries vary in taste (and strength), but every country has coffee of some kind. The history of coffee is long and storied, and coffee is called by many names in many lands. The Arab traders of yesteryear called it Gahwah. The Spice Islands’ name for it was Java. Ancient Portuguese explorers called it café. That word is often used to mean a gathering place in many countries now. It stands to reason — coffee is most often a shared experience between friends.
Scientists believe that coffee was born in Ethiopia and was a food rather than a beverage in the beginning. Coffee was actually used as a replacement for wine. The drinking of wine was (and is) forbidden by Islamic law. Coffee was first used in religious ceremonies in place of wine and the plants were considered so valuable that removing even one was punishable by death. (I’ve been dying for a cup of coffee before, but that seems a little…
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September 7th, 2009 by editor
There is no other drink that elicits as much curiosity and a sense of history from people than coffee. Coffee is interesting because it is so intertwined with many peoples’ cultures from the East to the West. It means a lot of different things for different people and even its history is filled with stories and legends both grounded and amazing.
The history of coffee is peppered with details ranging from serendipitous events to deliberate actions, from intriguing truths to incredible legends. All stories form part of people’s love affair with coffee, an affair that has transcended geography and time to form part a global coffee-drinking culture.
The use of coffee has been traced back to as far as the 10th century in Ethiopia. Before the 1000AD, the members of the Galla tribe consumed the coffee berries with animal fat and experienced a boost in energy from the recipe. How the Galla tribe came to make use of coffee is unknown except for a legend saying a sheep herder named Kaldi noticed changes in…
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October 30th, 2008 by CoffeDealer
Arabica coffee beans originated from Yemen and Ethiopia. It is the first genus of coffee that was cultivated; it has been growing in southwest Arabia for about a thousand years now. Arabica coffee beans are considered the best in the world; better than any other coffee bean produced anywhere.
The Pope and the Pot
Europe being the civilized society as it was back in the seventeenth century, aided in the rise of Arabica coffee beans’ popularity. Unfortunately due to the fact that Arabica coffee beans come from Moslem countries made Rome a little bit irked at the fact that it was so popular.
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