They say, in 1776 the thirteen American colonies adopted coffee as their national drink instead of tea. The same thing happened in Turkey a century later, when coffee drinkers were severely punished.ĭ. As a result, coffee was forbidden in Mecca. The government believed that coffee stimulated radical thinking, and the governor even thought it might unite his opposition. The first coffeehouses opened in Mecca and quickly became popular centres of social and political activity. Finally, in the seventeenth century coffee arrived in France, Britain and Italy.Ĭ. The roasted beans were crushed and then boiled in water, creating the drink we enjoy today.
From there, coffee travelled to Turkey where coffee beans were roasted for the first time over open fires. The first coffee berries were transported from Ethiopia to Arabian countries and then they were cultivated in Yemen. The story quickly spread throughout the region.ī. He found that these berries gave him additional energy. Curious, Kaldi tried the berries himself. He noticed that after eating berries from a certain bush the goats became very active. A popular legend says that one day a man called Kaldi was watching his goats eating grass and leaves. Coffee was first found in Eastern Africa in the area we know today as Ethiopia.