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Goats will eat anything...

...Just ask Kaldi the legendary Ethiopian goatherd. Kaldi, the story goes, noticed his herd dancing from one coffee shrub to another, grazing on the cherry-red berries containing the beans. He copped a few himself and was soon frolicking with his flock.

Coffee was discovered.
Arabian Bean Broth
Coffee as we know it kicked off in Arabia, where roasted beans were first brewed around A.D. 1000. By the 13th century Arabs were drinking coffee religiously. The "bean broth" drove dervishes into orbit, kept worshippers awake, and splashed over into secular life. And wherever Arabs went, coffee went too: North Africa the eastern Mediterranean, and India.
To the Rest of the World

"The Turks have a drink of black color....I will bring some with me...to the Italians". Thus a merchant of Venice introduced Europe to coffee in 1615, and from there to the rest of the world. The race was on.

 
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