Coffee is a way of life.

According to legend, coffee was discovered by Kaldi, an Ethiopian goatherd, in the eighth century AD.

Goats consumed a red berry that grew on the hillsides. The animals became more energetic, and their herders observed this and sampled the berries themselves. Monks in the vicinity also tasted them and found themselves praying with greater vitality that night. Eventually, Africans created products from this bean, including a beverage that became extremely popular.

During the tenth century, coffee spread from Africa to Arabia, and for many centuries Europeans were unable to access it.

Within approximately three centuries, coffee had become a vital component of Arabian society. As Islam expanded to new territories, coffee accompanied it and spread to regions such as India, North Africa, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

By 1600 AD, it was present in most palaces of the eastern world. But it was a secret how to make it into a brew. The bean was usually boiled so that it could not have been spread to other cultures and countries.

An Indian pilgrim, Baba Budan, brought beans that could be planted to Mecca around 1615. So it spread from Asia to plantations all over the world.

The Dutch were pioneers in cultivating coffee plants in Europe. This made them the continent's first coffee merchants.

In 1714, Louis XIV received a coffee plant for the royal Botanical Garden in Paris. Several years later, a young naval officer, Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu, wanted a clipping of the plant but was denied. However, he stole what he wanted and took it with him to Martinique and he planted it. From there, coffee spread all over Latin America.

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