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Istory of Offee: Kaldi and The Dancing Goat

Kaldi, a goat herder in Ethiopia, is credited with discovering coffee after seeing his goats become energetic from eating berries from a coffee plant. Coffee then spread from Ethiopia, being cultivated first in Yemen and the beans first being roasted in Turkey. It gained popularity in the Islamic world as a medicine and religious beverage to stay awake for prayers. Brazil became the largest producer and the United States the largest consumer. The Philippines received coffee either through Indonesia or from Spanish friars in the 18th century. Coffee thrives in the global Coffee Belt region within the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.

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Istory of Offee: Kaldi and The Dancing Goat

Kaldi, a goat herder in Ethiopia, is credited with discovering coffee after seeing his goats become energetic from eating berries from a coffee plant. Coffee then spread from Ethiopia, being cultivated first in Yemen and the beans first being roasted in Turkey. It gained popularity in the Islamic world as a medicine and religious beverage to stay awake for prayers. Brazil became the largest producer and the United States the largest consumer. The Philippines received coffee either through Indonesia or from Spanish friars in the 18th century. Coffee thrives in the global Coffee Belt region within the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.

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HISTORY OF COFFEE

According to legend that a goat herder in 6th century Ethiopia named Kaldi seen his
goats dancing after they have eaten a cherry from a wild shrub. Amazed what he saw, he also
ate the cherry and thus the Legend of Kaldi and the dancing goat began not to mention it also
the legend of how Kaldi discovered coffee.
Kaldi and the Dancing Goat
The following highlights the journey of coffee from Ethiopia to
its status today:

Coffee as;

 Second most traded commodity after oil.


 Most traded food commodity.
 Second most consumed beverage next to water.

 10th Century – coffee considered as a food. Ethiopian tribesman mixed with


wild berries with animal fat, roll them into balls and ate them during their
journeys.
 YEMEN – First country to cultivate coffee.
 TURKEY – First roasted coffee.
 13TH CENTURY – in the Islamic world coffee was considered as potent medicine. It
was also used as religious potion that helped the faithful awake during lengthy prayers.
 BRAZIL – Biggest PRODUCER of coffee. Where in the early 18th century the
messenger befriend the French governor’s wife and smuggled coffee beans inside the
bouquet of flowers.
 USA/AMERICA – Biggest CONSUMER of coffee. Where in 1774 the famous Boston
Tea Party the American settlers threw the crates of tea in the river and every American
who drinks tea will be branded as pro – English rule
 PHILIPPINES1 – There are two versions of how coffee came in the Philippines.

1
The Barista Manual, Pacita Juan, Ma. Regina Francisco
o Thru Mindanao from Indonesia
o By the Spaniards, a marker in Lipa, Batangas shows that in 1750 the Spanish
friars cultivated coffee on that site.
 COFFEE BELT – It is a region in the globe below the tropic of Cancer and above the
tropic of Capricorn where the coffee is suitable to grow.

Coffee Belt

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