PureKonaCoffee » Coffee History http://purekonacoffee.net 100% Pure Kona Coffee Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Born in Africa http://purekonacoffee.net/coffee-history/born-in-africa/ http://purekonacoffee.net/coffee-history/born-in-africa/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:25:43 +0000 admin http://purekonacoffee.net/?p=1 Goats will eat anything. Just ask Kaldi the legendary Ethiopian goatherd. Kaldi, the story goes, noticed his herd dancing from one coffee shrub to another, grazing on the cherry-red berries containing the beans. He copped a few himself and was soon frolicking with his flock. 

Witnessing Kaldi’s goatly gambol, a monk plucked berries for his brothers. That night they were uncannily alert to divine inspiration. 

History tells us other Africans of the same era fueled up on protein-rich coffee-and-animal-fat balls—primitive PowerBars—and unwound with wine made from coffee-berry pulp. Coffee later crossed the Red Sea to Arabia, where things really got cooking...

Read more at National Geographic.

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