Magical red fruit: two legends where coffee beans were discovered

Magical Red Fruit: two legends of the discovery of coffee beans

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Legend 1: the accidental discovery of the shepherd

Legend has it that in the sixth century AD, there was a shepherd in Ethiopia who suddenly found his flock jumping like crazy one day. Amazed, the shepherd carefully observed the flock and found that it was only after eating a kind of red fruit that the sheep had such a crazy and excited reaction. He later took the red fruit to the town and distributed it to the monks in the monastery. after eating it, each monk felt refreshed and refreshed, so all people used this fruit as a pick-me-up medicine, and this red fruit was the predecessor of coffee.

Legend 2: fruit soup to save patients

In 1258, there was a sheik in Mocha. Omar, who was exiled by his people for committing a crime, has been wandering ever since. When he wandered to Vasaba in Arabia, he was tired and hungry. He found a tree under the tree to rest. Just then, a bird flew and stopped on the branch and pecked at the fruit of the tree. After eating the fruit, the bird made a sweet cry and a curious shack. Omar watched carefully for a while and found that the birds made such a pleasant sound after pecking at the fruit of the tree. So he picked the fruit from the tree and boiled the fruit and water in a pot. Unexpectedly, he emitted a fragrant and attractive flavor. Shack. Omar picked it up for a drink and found that the feeling of tiredness was eliminated and his spirits were lifted. He picked a lot of this magical fruit, and during his wandering journey, when he saw someone sick, he boiled the fruit into soup for them to take. This magical fruit soup has saved many people. Later, because of Shack. Omar saved the good deeds of many patients, and the people forgave him and asked him to return to the village to honor him as a saint. It is said that the fruit at that time was coffee.