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Brief history of coffee

Coffee is a staple of American life, our forefathers drank it and we still do today except with mega corporations spearheading the initiative. Yet how did this wonderful, blackish brown delicious drink show up in our wonderful country? Let's take a stroll down memory lane as we uncover the very brief history of coffee.

Coffee first had its humbled origins in the country of Arabia Felix (or Ethiopia as we would call it today, though Ethiopia isn't really known for their coffee - yet). A goat herder came across a small tree growing red berries and thought to himself "I wonder if I can eat them," and, ate them he did. He soon felt energized and ready to go whenever he ate these red berries. It was soon after that an Imam figured out that these berries could be parched and then boiled to create a version of coffee that we know today. This was hundreds of years ago that that happened and slowly it spread across the world.

Typically, the drink coffee started in the early 1600s and was primarily reserved for nobles who could actually afford to purchase these expensive cherries. Soon, the price of the coffee cherries dropped once demand was raised and everyone was partaking of the delicious beverage. Tea was slowly losing the lead as everyone's favorite drink. Eventually, it came over with the Mayflower and landed in our fair country to become the number one most drunk drink in the States and soon the world.

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