Anecdotes on the Origin of Coffee Culture

Coffee has always been popular in history. Napoleon called coffee an "intellectual drink", and it was said that French philosopher and writer Voltaire drank 72 cups of coffee a day.

At one time in Turkey, if the husband could not provide coffee for the wife, the wife could divorce her husband. In 1735, the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach completed his Coffee Chorus, which eulogized coffee.

So where did the trend of drinking coffee come from?

According to legend, it was a shepherd named Caldy who accidentally discovered coffee. Almost 2000 years ago, he was grazing his goats on the hillside by the Red Sea. The goat began to chew some berries on the bushes. After eating the berries, the goat soon danced excitedly.

Caldy decided to taste the fruit himself, and soon he jumped excitedly.

A monk from a nearby monastery saw this strange scene and went to taste some of the fruit. He washed the coffee beans with hot water and liked its taste very much. He passed the drink to the other brothers in the monastery, and everyone was in high spirits when they prayed in the evening.

Of course, coffee is still enjoyed all over the world today.