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Coffee story

"Coffee" (the word comes from the Greek word "Kaweh", meaning "strength and passion". Coffee tree is an evergreen shrub of Capsaceae. Daily coffee is made from coffee beans combined with a variety of cooking utensils, and coffee beans refer to the nuts in the fruit of coffee trees, which are then roasted with appropriate roasting methods.

In ancient China, Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs and recorded them one by one, so that later generations could have a systematic understanding of many plants. There is no such person as Shennong in the western world, let alone any written record, so there are different legends about the origin of coffee. Among them, the most common and popular story is the story of the shepherd. Legend has it that there was a shepherd who happened to find his sheep jumping and dancing while herding sheep. If you look carefully, it turns out that the sheep ate a kind of red fruit that led to their funny behavior. He tried to pick some of these red fruits to boil, but the room was full of fragrance, and the juice was even more refreshing and refreshing after drinking it. Since then, this fruit has been used as a refreshing drink and has been well received.

In ancient times, Arabs first dried and boiled coffee beans and drank the juice as stomach medicine, thinking that it could help digestion. Later, it was found that coffee also had a refreshing effect, and because Muslims strictly prohibited drinking, coffee was used instead of alcoholic beverages as a refreshing drink. After the 15th century, Muslims who made pilgrimages to the holy land of Mecca brought coffee back to their places of residence, and coffee gradually spread to Egypt, Syria, Iran, Turkey and other countries. The entry of coffee into Europe should be attributed to the Ottoman Empire of Turkey at that time. Because the coffee-loving Ottoman army marched westward to Europe and was stationed there for several years, when the army finally withdrew, it left a large number of supplies, including coffee beans. People in Vienna and Paris were able to develop European coffee culture based on these coffee beans and the cooking experience gained from the Turks. The war was originally occupied and destroyed, but it unexpectedly brought about cultural exchange and even integration, which was unexpected by the rulers.

Westerners are familiar with coffee with a history of three hundred years, but in the East, coffee has been widely used as a drink in all walks of life in the East. Coffee appeared earliest and most accurately in the 8th century BC, but as early as Homer's works and in many ancient Arab legends, a magical, dark, bitter, and highly stimulating drink has been recorded. Around the 10th century, Avicenna used coffee as a medicine to treat diseases. There is also a strange story from the 15th century in which it is said that a Yemeni shepherd saw a group of goats picking reddish berries from a bush. Soon the goats became restless and excited. The shepherd reported this to a monk, who cooked some berries. Then extract a bitter, strong drink that can drive away drowsiness and drowsiness.