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The History of Coffee
Some legends say a Yemenite sheperd made the discovery of the coffee plant, when he observed that his goats would become very vivacious and restless whenever they ate a certain type of red berry. He told this to the monks of a nearby convent, who began to roast the berries and make them into a drink that allowed them to withstand their long hours of prayer more easily.The cultivation of cofee dates back to 575 BC in Yemen (then called "Arabica Felix"), and it was from this extraordinary highly civilized country thato our precious bean started its great journey throughout the world. The route from Arabia and diffusion toward the East around the 17th century is due to a certain Baba Budan, who brought back some fertile seeds on his return to India, after a pilgrimage to Mecca. At the beginning of the same century, German, French, Italian and a majority of Dutch merchants began to compete to introduce coffee into their colonies overseas. The Dutch were the firts who succeeded in importing one plant into the Netherlands and, in 1658, they started their proper cultivation in Sri Lanka.
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