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History of Coffee, Coffee Makers and Espresso Machines
By Paul Ballenger
1-500 AD - According to local legend, coffee is discovered near present-day village of Choche in
Ethiopia by a goat-herder who notices his animals "dance" with an unusual amount of energy after
eating wild, bright-red Arabica coffee berries. Locals began consuming the coffee "cherries" (coffee
beans with husk) as a stimulant, either eating the beans mixed with animal fat, or by making a weak
brew with the cherries and coffee leaves. There are other theories that coffee was first discovered by a
similar goat-herder in Yemen on the Arabian peninsula.
500-600 AD - The first coffee houses are introduced in Cairo and Mecca. A vessel called the Ibrik is
used to brew a weak coffee using unroasted coffee cherries.
1400's - The first extensive planting of coffee trees takes place in the Yemen region of Arabia.
Arabians become the first to roast and grind coffee before brewing it. The use of coffee beans spreads
throughout the Arabian peninsula and later via the Ottoman Empire to Turkey, where the first coffee
shop, Kiva Han, allegedly opened in Constantinople in 1475.
1500's - Coffee drinking continues to spread in Egypt, Syria, Persia and Turkey. Cafes flourished in
cities like Baghdad, Constantinople and Cairo.
1600's - Coffee brought to Europe by Venetian traders. Coffee houses open in Europe - in 1608 the
first one opens in Vienna, Austria; the first one allegedly opens in England in 1652. Many women in
England band together to try to ban coffee drinking becau