Coffee trees are native to the plateau area in southwest Ethiopia, Africa. It is said that more than a thousand years ago, a shepherd found that sheep ate a plant and became very excited and lively, and then discovered coffee. It is also said that a coffee forest was accidentally burned by wildfire, and the smell of barbecue coffee attracted the attention of surrounding residents.

Local aborigines often grind the fruit of coffee tree, then mix it with animal fat and knead it to make many spherical balls. These indigenous tribes regard these coffee balls as precious food for the soldiers who are about to go out to war. It was not until 1 1 century or so that people began to use boiled coffee as a drink.

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/kloc-the cultivation and production of coffee in the 0/7th century has always been monopolized by Arabs. At that time, it was mainly used in medicine and religion. Doctors and monks admitted that coffee had the functions of refreshing, refreshing, invigorating the stomach, strengthening the body and stopping bleeding. /kloc-At the beginning of the 0/5th century, there were documents about the use of coffee, which was integrated into religious ceremonies during this period, and also appeared among the people as a daily drink.

At first, coffee was expensive in Europe, and only aristocrats could drink it. Coffee was even called "black gold". Until 1690, a Dutch captain sailed to Yemen and got several coffee seedlings, which were successfully planted in Indonesia.

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Baidu encyclopedia _ coffee