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The origin of coffee

At present, coffee has become an indispensable drink in our lives. How on earth did coffee, quietly grown in the depths of the quiet forest, be discovered and widely accepted by people all over the world? And how did it start to grow? Among the countless legends of coffee discovery, are there two legends that people enjoy talking about the most? That is "the Story of the Shepherd" and "Arab monks", the former is the Christian discovery theory, the latter is the Islamic theory.

The Story of the Shepherd

It is said that in the sixth century, a shepherd in Ethiopia found his sheep suddenly jumping around. He observed carefully and found that the sheep had this excited reaction after eating a kind of red fruit. So he took the fruit and distributed it to the monks in the monastery, all of whom felt refreshed after eating it. It is said that the fruit was used as a pick-me-up medicine and was well received by doctors.

The story of Arab monks

In 1258, Shek, the chief who was deported by his people for committing a crime. When Omar wandered to Wassaba (in Arabia), far from his hometown of Mocha, he was too hungry and tired to walk any more. when he was sitting on the root of a tree to rest, he found a bird flying on the branch, singing in a melodious voice he had never heard before. When he looked closely, he found that the bird opened its throat and made a wonderful cry after pecking at the fruit on the branch, so he picked all the fruit in the area and boiled it with water. After that, he began to exude a strong fragrance. After drinking it, he not only felt good, but also felt tired physically and mentally.

So he picked many of these magical fruits and brought them soup to drink whenever there were patients. finally, because of his good deeds everywhere, the people in his hometown forgave him for his sins, let him go back to Mocha, and respected him as a "saint".

On the Origin of the noun "coffee"

All historians seem to agree that the birthplace of coffee is the Kaffa of Ethiopia, while the name coffee comes from the Arabic "Qahwah", which means plant beverage, and later spread around the world, and it was not officially named "coffee" after its place of origin "KAFFA" until the 18th century.

Coffee culture

Raj, an Arab doctor in the tenth century, wrote the earliest written records about coffee, but the cultivation of coffee dates back to 575 AD. Arabica, the best variety of coffee, came from Ethiopia. In the 15th century, southern Arabs in Yemen began to plant saplings from Ethiopia in 1615. Starting from Pennesia, coffee culture was spread throughout Europe. Of course, that strength set off friction everywhere!

It also caused Islamic drinks to be brought to Christians in Rome, and there are two arguments about whether they agree or not.

The popularity of coffee was initially related to religion, but later became a threat to religious discipline. Coffee has become a subversive drink. It brings people together to exchange wisdom and instigate political debate and revolt. In 1656, Etoman the Great banned coffee shops for political reasons and banned people from drinking coffee. In 1674, European women complained in a petition against coffee that whenever there was an emergency at home, men were always away because they were all in the coffee shop. The French wine merchant intends to tarnish the reputation of coffee because coffee is the number one enemy of wine.

King Clement VIII of France at that time, although it was the devil's drink, it was so delicious. It's a pity to let the pagans monopolize this drink! "so I accepted the coffee and let the Christians who came to be baptized drink it.

There are countless coffee houses in Britain, this kind of social place for gentlemen is very popular, where men discuss politics, literature, business and so on.

In 1657, an English newspaper reported that coffee has many effects on stomach ulcers, strengthens the heart, promotes digestion, invigorates the spirit, relaxes the mood, treats eye diseases, colds, coughs, lung diseases, headaches, edema, gout, scurvy, adenosis, and other diseases.

It began when the Turkish ambassador offered coffee to Louis XIV in 1669. Turkish coffee has also spread to France, and French society has also been influenced by the charm of coffee to make countless salons, resulting in brand-new literature, philosophy or art.

Such a wave of coffee culture has affected the general public, and coffee on street corners has also begun to flood. Especially the Coffee Brogob, which was born in 1686, is famous for its intellectual salon because of the continuous gathering of Balzac, Rousseau and other cultural people.

Soon after, in Nasbrasso, Italy, he began to drink French ground coffee, which caused a change in the drinking style of coffee. Coffee is becoming more and more popular, so more and more people are interested in growing coffee.

In the 13th century, patrons of manufacturers took out a large number of raw beans and planted them everywhere. In the 17th century, Indians also toured the racecourse and Budan, from manufacturers stealing coffee fruits to growing them in Maisol in South India.

And, in the first half of the eighteenth century, there was Gabriel, a French admiral. Mathieu. De. The romantic story of using his drinking water to irrigate coffee seedlings and growing them in the French territory of Matinique.

Dangde. When Kerry was about to leave Paris, he managed to get some coffee trees and decided to take them back to Martinique. That's about 1720 or I723. He may also have traveled back and forth twice, because the first inoculation did not survive. To be sure, in the end, virtue. Klee set sail from Nantes with one of the best saplings that had been carefully cared for. The saplings are kept in a glass box on the deck, which can prevent sea water from splashing and keep warm.

De. Kerry's diary describes how his ship was threatened by Tunis pirates and how he survived a storm. The diary also mentioned that there was a man on board who was jealous of him and tried to destroy the small tree and even broke a branch in a struggle. Later, the ship ran aground and could not be self-sufficient in drinking water. Klee even watered the sapling with the water he drank.

Soon after, coffee spread widely to Central and South America, and the cultivation of relative coffee also expanded to all parts of the world.