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Who was the first to brew coffee?

It is interesting to note that in ancient times, coffee was not brewed, but was eaten just like that. For centuries, the coffee tree beans were used by East African tribes simply as a food product. They fried them in pans or cooked them in animal fat and then ate them. They liked the fact that the grains had a stimulating effect. The first coffee trees probably grew in Kaffa, in one of the provinces of Ethiopia. The name of this province, obviously, gave the name to this product. In the XNUMXth century, Arab merchants came to Kaffa and learned about coffee beans. They started cultivating coffee in Yemen.

It was there that coffee was brewed for the first time. The followers of Mohammed were not allowed to drink wine, and coffee was the stimulant drink that was their substitute for wine. In the middle of the XNUMXth century, the use of coffee as a drink spread from Yemen to Mecca, and from there to Baghdad, Cairo, Damascus and other places.

In 1511, coffee houses appear in Cairo. Coffee was introduced to Western Europe around 1615. Although it was enthusiastically received, many people refused to drink it. They considered it poisonous. But coffee houses soon became part of the public life of England. Indeed, so many people gathered in coffee houses that King Charles II began to fear that a conspiracy might arise there. He ordered them to close. But by this time, coffee had become so popular that the king had to reopen the coffee houses.

Author: Likum A.

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