When you think about how great coffee is to many people in this world, it makes you wonder. Where could such a bean originate from? So I did some research, and I'm not sure if this has ever been validated or if it's true. The story is so wonderful and cute I'm going to say that is too good to not be true.
According to the National Coffee Association, in the ancient forests in Ethiopia. There was a goat herder there named Kaldi. Kaldi is the first person to ever discover coffee beans. One particular day Kaldi realized that his goats could not sleep at night. They became fond of this particular berry tree. Kaldi notice after his goats would eat the berries from this tree they would become so energetic causing them not to sleep at night. So Kaldi decided to share what he had discovered to the local monastery, which was the religious home of monks. One of the monks decided to make a drink with the berries and found that it made him more alert throughout his day of prayer well into the evening. He eventually shared this knowledge with other monks, who reveled off the drink and caused it to spread and eventually make its way to the Arabian Peninsula, which begin the coffee bean journey across the globe and into our wonderful lives.
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