While hard to verify to accuracy, the history of coffee, is the legend of a sheepherder who realized the effects of coffee while paying attention to his sheep. When they ate a certain sort of berry off a plant, his sheep became really energetic. So he decided to try it too, and reacted the same way. Rumour has it that a monk advised him to be careful of the devil's fruit. However, it was also believed that the monks used the fruit to stay awake and pray.

Another wide spread legend reveals an Arabian was expatriated to the desert. He boiled and ate an unknown plant. He was able to survive in the desert on the plant. Some persons residing in village close by believed the survival was a religious sign. The plant was then named Mocha, after that village,community.

Some persons think the coffee plant initially grew only in Ethiopia. To eat while on raids, they wrapped it in animal fat. It started growing after transported to, and they controlled the market of it. The Turks then were the first to drink it. They added cinnamon and clove for a sweeter taste.

Coffee founds its way to Europe via the Venetian trade merchants. Rumours of the coffee taste started to surface all over. The Arab's keep an even tighter grip on the coffee plants. Christian's began claiming coffee was the devil's drink, similar to the monk story above. try it. He enjoyed it very much. Talk of banishing coffee went away after that.

Soon after, coffee houses were built all over Europe. They were a popular place to hang out and drink coffee. It was in the 1700's that coffee traveled to Americas. An infantry captain from France took a small plant with him. The coffee plant was cultivated, resulting in over 19 million coffee trees within 50 years. Coffee was proclaimed the national drink of the United States in a protest of the excessive taxes on tea from Britain.

These days, millions of persons get pleasure from their coffee during the day. Coffee is sold in a lot of brands and a lot of flavors. You can get ground coffee or coffee beans at most any grocery store. There are also gourmet coffees to choose from. Businesses such as Starbuck's Coffee are million dollar industries, offering you the convenience of coffee any way you like it.