Magical stories about coffee.

There are many legends about the discovery of coffee, one of which is according to Rothschild, a Roman linguist. Records of Neroy (1613-1707): around the sixth century, when Kardai, an Arab shepherd, was herding sheep to the Isobian prairie for grazing, he was very excited and excited to see each goat. Later, after careful observation, he found that these sheep were excited only after eating some kind of red fruit. Carl tasted some of them curiously and found that these fruits were often sweet and delicious. After eating, he also felt very refreshed, and from then on he often drove the sheep to eat this delicious fruit. Later, a Muslim passed by and picked some of the incredible red fruit to go home and share it with his parishioners, so its magical effect spread.

Other legends are Shrek, the patron saint of the Arabian Peninsula. Xue Ke, a disciple of Caldy. Omar was a highly respected and beloved chief in Mocha, but was expelled by his people for committing a crime. Shack. As a result, Omar was exiled to Osama in the country, where he stumbled upon the fruit of coffee in 1258. One day, Omar was walking hungry in the mountains and saw birds with strange feathers on the branches pecking at the fruit of the trees. He took the fruit back and boiled it with water, only to emit a rich and attractive fragrance, and the original feeling of exhaustion was eliminated after drinking it, full of vitality. Omar collected many of these magical fruits, and when she met someone who was sick, she made the fruit into soup for them to drink and refreshed her spirit. Because he did good everywhere and was loved by believers, his sins were soon forgiven, and when he returned to Mocha, he was praised for finding this fruit, and people did not worship him as a saint. At that time, the magic cure was said to be coffee.

Apart from the two legends that people like to talk about, it is impossible to tell when coffee will become a drink in people's lives. But according to ancient Arabic texts, in the 11th century, Muslim precepts forbade believers to drink, and it was popular in the Arab region to boil sun-dried coffee beans into soup and use them as stomach medicine. The believers found that the coffee juice had a refreshing effect, so they used it as an inspiring drink instead of alcohol, and spread the drink through believers, from Arabia to Egypt, centering on Mecca, the Muslim holy land. And then to Sri Lanka, Iran, Turkey and other places. After the 13th century, Arabs knew how to dry raw coffee beans, bake them, mash them with a mortar and pestle, and then boil them with water to get purer coffee.

As for shops that sell coffee, it is said that it began in Mecca, a Muslim shrine. Around the 17th century, coffee gradually became popular in Italy, India, England, and other places through trade routes. Around 1650, Oxford, England appeared the first coffee shop in Western Europe filled with the smell of coffee all day long.

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