THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF COFFE

There is a lot of legends about the origin of coffee. Among them, the most known is the one of a certain shepherd, who saw how his herd ate something which made them acting euphorically. He tried them too, they were some seeds coloured in brown. He, then, noticed that those seeds could make him be awake all night.

Therefore, he decided to give it to his disciples in a drink to keep them awake during the pray night. This fact was known throughtout the Islamic world.
Since then it was consumed regularly by the Islamics to prolong their prayers. They soon, discovered, that the roasting of the beans retain their properties, improved the taste and gave a good aroma.

Refering to its etimology , there are doubts about the origin of the word coffee, Kahveh, Turkish word that designates the coffee fruit. Kaboueh, an Arabic word meaning strength, and Kaffa, Ethiopian name of a city are the three most shuffled meanings by experts. However, the coffee comes from the Arabic word kahwah (Caua). The term was extended through theTurkish word root served (coffee in French, Spanish and Portuguese, English coffee, caffein Italian, Hungarian Kave, Kia Fey in Chinese, and so on.

In Spain, coffee is introduced by the Bourbons and the Italian merchants, about the middle of
the eighteenth century. The first coffeehouses were locals eateries where you could taste the brew.
And, it is at the beginning of the eighteenth century, when coffee arrives in America. Are European governments, who decide to follow the example of the Dutch and in particular France, who in 1726 already had his first crop of American coffee.

It is in America where coffee developes more and better. Today, some of the best coffees in the world-such as Brazil and Colombia emblematic of the American come from the American continent.