Did you know how and where the coffee that we drink almost every day with that unique taste and smell is found? But do you know how and by whom coffee is spread all over the world?
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The Homeland of Coffee
The homeland of coffee is Ethiopia. It became common in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia in the 13th century. There are many legends about the invention of coffee. some of these are those...
The Discovery of Coffee Thanks to Goats
The coffee is based on rumors that it was discovered by a shepherd who took his goats to graze in the Kaffa region in Ethiopia almost 700 years ago.
The shepherd, who is unable to move due to tiredness and depression in the summer days when the sweltering heat swept the earth, takes his goats to graze as every day. He sees the energies of the exhausted goats rise after eating the fruits of a tree they do not know. He also tastes this fruit. Shepherd enjoys the pleasure of coffee. and he collects the fruits of the coffee tree and makes other people taste them. Thus, the use of coffee became widespread.
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Merchants and Slaves
Slaves, who were tired of walking for kilometers due to the slave trade that spread in Africa at that time, were getting energy by chewing the red and bitter fruits of coffee trees while resting on the roadside. Recognizing this situation, traders collect coffee beans and sell them in markets and drew a lot of attention.
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First Person to Drink Coffee
It is rumored that Sheikh Shazili, who lived in the 1300s, drank coffee to be more vigorous while praying at night. Sheikh Shazili was an Arab who lived in Ethiopia.
According to another rumor, it is claimed that the first person to drink coffee in history was Solomon
The Most Common Coffee Types
Coffea Arabica
70% of the coffee produced in the world is Coffea Arabica. The fruit of a normal arabica tree takes up to 9 months to grow. The fruits grow after the rainy season. 5 kg of fruit is collected from each tree.
Coffea Arabica coffee is one of the hardest coffees to grow. The reason for this is that the arabica tree cannot adapt to diseases and climatic conditions
It grows on mountainous plateaus at altitudes of 850 to 2000 meters.
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Coffea Canephora (robusta)
Coffea robusta can be grown up to 600 meters above sea level, unlike arabica trees. Fruits take 11 months to grow. Coffea Canephora is much more resistant to diseases and climate than Coffea Arabica. In this way, agriculture is easy and much cheaper.
Coffea Canephora meets approximately 30% of the world's coffee consumption.
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The Spread of Coffee in Europe
Merchants who come to the city a century after the conquest of Istanbul meet with coffee and take it to Venice. People who met with coffee in Europe in 1615 like it very much and its consumption becomes widespread.
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