Coffee In Ethiopia Essay

Evidence suggests that coffee was first domesticated in Ethiopia. The natives of Ethiopia realized the effect of the native plant. The plant is thought to be native from Harar, which is in Ethiopia. The natives in Ethiopia used the coffee as a stimulant, they would eat the coffee berries and make coffee balls out of fat to consume. In the 15th century coffee reached Yemen. Yemen has the oldest evidence of drinking coffee. The Yemen used the beverage as an aid to concentration and as a kind of spiritual intoxication. In the 16th century coffee reached the rest of the Middle East, then to the rest of the world.

When the Ethiopian ancestors first recognized the effects of coffee, it became of use to them. They used it to stimulate warriors and workers, so they would become energized. During the 15th century when they discovered that boiling the bean would create the same effect in a liquid form. This is also when it started to be used for religious practices.

Coffee has been used as a form of currency and is a large cash crop for many countries.

The people of Arabia are the oldest known people to use coffee as a form of currency. Coffee was largely domesticated in Ethiopia and the natives used this to an advantage and where the first to export coffee. The exported the coffee to Yemen. The Yemen then began to cultivate coffee beans and used coffee as a spiritual intoxication. As coffee spread across the world many third world countries use it as a main source of income because of the simplicity and the climates they live in are perfect.

Learning about coffee and where it was first domesticated was kind of tricky with the little sources I was able to find, but with those sources I managed to find some interesting facts about the domestication of coffee. Coffee has been domesticated for hundreds of years and has been one of the most popular nonalcoholic stimulants in the

world.