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The Return of Ethiopia to the World Coffee Trade. Unlike Yemen, Ethiopia saw a robust revival of coffee production starting in the first half of the 19th century.
The story of coffee’s origin in Ethiopia is steeped in legend. One such tale revolves around a young goat herder named Kaldi, who lived in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia around 850 AD. As the story goes, Kaldi noticed that his goats became unusually energetic after consuming the red cherries from a particular plant. Intrigued by this phenomenon ...
The coffee plant originates in Kaffa Ethiopia. According to legend, the 9th-century goat herder Kaldi in the region of Kaffa discovered the coffee plant after noticing the energizing effect the plant had on his flock, but the story did not appear in writing until 1671.
18 sie 2022 · The first legend from Yemen is rather basic by comparison to the Kaldi myth. However, in an interesting twist, it attributes the origin of coffee to Ethiopia: The Yemenite Sufi mystic Ghothul Akbar Nooruddin Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili was traveling through Ethiopia, presumably on spiritual matters.
According to a legend, the story of coffee begins with its discovery in Kaffa, a region in today's Ethiopia. The unusually vivid and erratic behavior of his goats after consuming a certain type of fruit made the shepherd called Kaldi curious enough to research into the cause.
17 wrz 2020 · Ethiopia is considered to be the birthplace of the coffee plant and of coffee culture. It is thought that coffee was discovered in Ethiopia as long ago as the ninth century. Today, over 12 million people in Ethiopia are involved in the cultivation and picking of coffee, and coffee remains a central part of Ethiopian culture.
The origin of coffee traces back to Ethiopia, where legend has it that a goat herder named Kaldi discovered the energizing effects of coffee berries. This discovery led to the cultivation and consumption of coffee, first in Ethiopia and then spreading across the world.
