According to one story, the effect of coffee beans were found by an Ethiopian sheep herder, Kaldi. Kaldi noticed that the sheep became hyperactive after eating the beans. The story later says that Kaldi was scolded by monks for eating the “devil’s fruit.” Monks later depended on the coffee beans to help them stay awake for their prayers.
The coffee plant originally grew in Ethiopia, but later transplanted in Arabia. Transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations was forbidden by the government. The actual spread of coffee started illegally. An Arab smuggled beans to India, and started a farm.
Coffee was believed by some Christians to be the devil’s drink. Pope Vincent III heard this and decided to taste it before he banished it. He enjoyed it so much he baptized it.
The coffee plant originally grew in Ethiopia, but later transplanted in Arabia. Transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations was forbidden by the government. The actual spread of coffee started illegally. An Arab smuggled beans to India, and started a farm.
Coffee was believed by some Christians to be the devil’s drink. Pope Vincent III heard this and decided to taste it before he banished it. He enjoyed it so much he baptized it.
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