Coffee is one of the most popular
beverages worldwide. Coffee is a beverage derived from roasted coffee beans and
then smoothed into powder. Currently coffee becomes one of the commodities
traded between countries.
There are two varieties or types of
coffee that are world famous in the Coffee Robusta ( Coffea Canephore ) and
Arabica Coffee ( Coffea Arabica ). But do you know who the inventor of Coffee?
How is it found? and How History of Coffee itself up to now?
If we talk about the history of the
coffee beans and who the first coffee inventors then many stories say that
Coffee was first discovered in the highlands of Ethiopia region thousands of
years ago.
People say that the first inventor of
coffee was a goat and its herd named Kaldi. He is estimated to live around 800
BC
Kaldi realized the potential of coffee
after seeing her goats eat berry berries and the result was very active as
being drunk and not sleeping at night. He then tried to make a drink mixed with
the coffee fruit the result makes him become cheerful, active and awake at
night.
Kaldi findings about the coffee fruit
he reported to the pastors in his village. But the priests did not believe what
Kaldi said and threw the 'magic' fruit into the fire.
The aroma that comes from the coffee
bean makes the priests interested. They then took the fruit from the fire and
peeled the fruit after it soaked it in hot water to keep it fresh.
The priests smell the scent from the
coffee trying to drink it. They then begin to feel the effects that keep them
awake during religious practice so as to judge the new drink is very
beneficial. Famous coffee has a high caffeine content.
In general, many consider that the
story is just a bird story. Many opinions believe that coffee was first developed
in ethopia around the 9th century.
Coffee beans are then taken to the
Arabian peninsula precisely in Yemen to be developed around the 15th century.
This is where coffee began to spread to Europe in Turkey. People say that
people used to chew coffee beans to produce stimulant effects from the coffee.
But in Turkey is the process of
processing coffee beans correctly first discovered. It starts with roasting the
coffee beans over the fire then smoothing them through the milling process and
brewing them with water.
Coffee drinks then began to popular in
the 15th century. But at that time also appeared a ban on drinking coffee
issued by religious authorities like in Arabs because of the effects of coffee.
In Cairo, Egypt also happened the same thing.
But the ban was lifted on the orders
of Sultan Selim I of the Ustmaniyah sultanate. But in the 16th century, the
Ustmaniyah Sultanate re-prohibited coffee and punished those who opened coffee
shops.
Coffee began to enter Europe in the
16th century through trade routes in Italy, France, Holland and England. But
the rejection was first obtained from the authority of the Catholic church in
Europe. They consider that coffee drinks are a 'satanic drink' because of the
stimulant effect it produces.
Nevertheless, the Pope as the supreme
leader of the Catholic is not at issue. Scholars have even considered that
coffee drinks can increase or increase their mindset so coffee becomes popular
there, making the export value of coffee from Yemen soaring.
Coffee began to be known in America in
the 17th century. It was brought by a French Infantry Captain on his way across
the Atlantic Ocean. Coffee plants then began spreading rapidly to Central and
South America especially Brazilia.
Since then coffee began to spread
around the world and became a major commodity in world trade. The world's best
coffee producers come from Central and South America and from Africa, such as
Ethopia, where coffee was first discovered.
Since coffee has been discovered in
Ethopia to this day it is very much. But the most famous is Robusta and Arabica
coffee. There is also the most expensive type of coffee in the world that is
the type of Luwak coffee originating from Indonesia. Civet Coffee is a unique
type of coffee produced from civet animals that eat coffee beans.
Who First Discovered a Coffee Maker?
Many are asking who was the first to
create a coffee maker. Regarding this matter, the answer is Melitta Bentz. He
created the first copper maker using a filter he made from blotting paper.
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