The story of Omar and his miracle drink eventually reached Mocha and he was allowed to return where he was made a saint; his coffee was hailed as a miracle drug and a monastery was even built in his honor.
Although the first two myths are well known, it is the following legend that is more often considered as the origins of the history of coffee.
850 It is said that an Ethiopian herdsman named Kaldi saw that his goats were skipping merrily around a bush with more energy than usual after eating the red fruit from it.
Kaldi consumed the fruit for himself, and of course experienced the same energy boost that we get today from the stimulant caffeine in the coffee.
Legend then goes on to say that Kaldi took some of these amazing energy boosting …show more content…
As the account does not appear in writing until around 800 years after it allegedly took place, its authenticity is somewhat doubtful.
Whichever account you want to believe, coffee history was started centuries ago, although no one knows of its exact origin or when but we do know that it went on to begin an unbelievable journey.
1000 Avicenna Bukhara (980-1037), an Arabian physician and philosopher is thought to be the first person to actually write about coffee’s medicinal benefits, which he calls bunchum.
Avicenna wrote ‘it fortifies the members, it cleans the skin and dries up the humidities that are under it and give an excellent to all the body’.
1100 Arab traders return to Yemen with coffee from Ethiopia. The Arabs cultivate the plant on plantations for the very first time. They crush and boil the green coffee beans to make a beverage known as qahwa (which means ‘that which prevents sleep’).
After a time the Arabs improve the taste of their beverage by roasting the coffee beans instead instead of crushing them …show more content…
1350 It is thought that the first coffee pots appeared around this time in Turkey and Egypt.
1400s The first types of coffee houses known as kaveh kanes are starting to spring up in the Middle East. The dancers in these coffee houses keep up their energy levels with coffee.
1453 Constantinople gets its first taste of coffee when Ottoman Turks introduce this fine beverage. But they add cardamon, anise, cinnamon and clove to coffee to give it some extra spice.
1475 Coffee comes to Mecca and its popularity grows in part due to the Koran forbidding the consumption of wine.
Women are allowed to divorce their husbands in Turkey if he fails to supply her with enough coffee on a daily basis.
1500 Coffee is becoming a lucrative trade item and is now being traded from the ports of Alexandria and Smyrna.
1511 Mecca’s governor, Khair-Beg orders the closure of coffeehouses when he finds out opposition is growing against him and being fuelled in these
Although the first two myths are well known, it is the following legend that is more often considered as the origins of the history of coffee.
850 It is said that an Ethiopian herdsman named Kaldi saw that his goats were skipping merrily around a bush with more energy than usual after eating the red fruit from it.
Kaldi consumed the fruit for himself, and of course experienced the same energy boost that we get today from the stimulant caffeine in the coffee.
Legend then goes on to say that Kaldi took some of these amazing energy boosting …show more content…
As the account does not appear in writing until around 800 years after it allegedly took place, its authenticity is somewhat doubtful.
Whichever account you want to believe, coffee history was started centuries ago, although no one knows of its exact origin or when but we do know that it went on to begin an unbelievable journey.
1000 Avicenna Bukhara (980-1037), an Arabian physician and philosopher is thought to be the first person to actually write about coffee’s medicinal benefits, which he calls bunchum.
Avicenna wrote ‘it fortifies the members, it cleans the skin and dries up the humidities that are under it and give an excellent to all the body’.
1100 Arab traders return to Yemen with coffee from Ethiopia. The Arabs cultivate the plant on plantations for the very first time. They crush and boil the green coffee beans to make a beverage known as qahwa (which means ‘that which prevents sleep’).
After a time the Arabs improve the taste of their beverage by roasting the coffee beans instead instead of crushing them …show more content…
1350 It is thought that the first coffee pots appeared around this time in Turkey and Egypt.
1400s The first types of coffee houses known as kaveh kanes are starting to spring up in the Middle East. The dancers in these coffee houses keep up their energy levels with coffee.
1453 Constantinople gets its first taste of coffee when Ottoman Turks introduce this fine beverage. But they add cardamon, anise, cinnamon and clove to coffee to give it some extra spice.
1475 Coffee comes to Mecca and its popularity grows in part due to the Koran forbidding the consumption of wine.
Women are allowed to divorce their husbands in Turkey if he fails to supply her with enough coffee on a daily basis.
1500 Coffee is becoming a lucrative trade item and is now being traded from the ports of Alexandria and Smyrna.
1511 Mecca’s governor, Khair-Beg orders the closure of coffeehouses when he finds out opposition is growing against him and being fuelled in these