Coffee history
The origin of coffee as a plant can be traced back millions of years ago. In fact, the true age of its discovery is untraceable. There is no record in history books who discovered the excitement of coffee first. There are countless legends of coffee discovery. Among them, there are two great legends that are most interesting? They are the "Shepherd's Story" and the "Arab Monk"? The former is the discovery of Christianity, and the latter is the discovery of Islam!
The first legend:
The legend of the shepherd can also be called; the legend of Kardi; is the discovery of Christianity. This is recorded in the Lebanese linguist Fast Nairobi (1613-1707) in the "Monastery of Sleeplessness" (1671). The story is set in the sixth-century Ethiopian plateau: there is a shepherd named Kaldi in Ethiopia. When he was herding the sheep, he suddenly found that his sheep looked very excited after eating a nearby red berry. So he picked these fruits and distributed them to the monks in the monastery to eat. They all felt refreshed after eating, and they began to eat this miracle that helped them keep their spirits full during prayer. The berries come.
The second kind of legend: Arab monks, "Legend of Arab monks" can also be called "Legend of Xueke Omar", which is the discovery of Islam. This is the story recorded in "The Origin of Coffee" (1587) by the Muslim Abu Dar Khadi. The stage of this story is in the mountains of Yemen in the thirteenth century. In 1258, Sheik Omar, who was deported by his tribe for crimes, wandered to Vasaba (located in Arabia) far from his hometown of Mocha. He was so hungry and tired that he could no longer walk. At that time, when he was sitting on the root of the tree to rest, he unexpectedly found a bird flying and stopping on the branch, crying with a sound that he had never heard before. He took a closer look and found that the bird was pecking at the fruit on the branch before it pulled its throat and screamed beautifully, so he picked all the fruit in that area and put it in the pot, and added water. Boil. Afterward, it started to exude a strong fragrance. Not only did it taste good after drinking it, but it also refreshed the tired body and mind. So he picked many of these miraculous fruits and brought them into the soup to drink when he met patients. Finally, because he did good deeds everywhere, the people of his hometown forgave his crime (cause of crime: crush on the king’s daughter), let He returned to Mocha and praised him as the "Holy One."
Coffee plant summary: The world's most important coffee varieties mainly include: Arabica (Caffearabica), Robusta (Coffeacanephoraor Robusta coffee), and Liberia these three original varieties. One of the best coffee varieties is Arabica, which accounts for 75% of the world's production. This variety of coffee trees are suitable for planting in high mountains with large temperature differences between day and night, as well as soils with low humidity and good drainage. The ideal altitude is 1000m-2300. Meters, the higher the altitude, the better the quality. Robusta coffee production accounts for about 20%-30% of the world's production. It is suitable for planting in lowlands below 1000 meters above sea level. It has strong adaptability to the environment and resists pests and diseases. However, its taste is a bit inferior. The quality is also much inferior, so it is mostly used to make instant coffee.
The fruit is a drupe. It is about 1.5 cm in diameter. It is green at first, then gradually turns yellow, and turns red when it matures. It is very similar to cherries and is Coffee Cherry, which can be harvested at this time. The coffee fruit contains two seeds, the coffee beans. The two beans are connected by one side of their cheeks, facing each other upright. Each coffee bean has a thin outer shell, this film is called silver skin, and its outer layer is covered with a layer of the yellow outer skin, called the endocarp. The whole coffee bean is concealed in the viscous pulp, which is opened into coffee pulp, which is soft and sweet. The outermost layer is the outer shell... The coffee tree can bear fruit several times within a year. And the fruit (also called a cherry) coexists at different stages of the maturity period. For a mature coffee tree to bear fruit, it must take about five years of careful care.
In Ethiopia today, wild coffee can still be found. It is said that shortly after the coffee was discovered there, the coffee seeds were brought to the Arabian Peninsula. In the 7th century AD, real serious coffee cultivation began, and the Arabs treated coffee as a fruit. The coffee berries were boiled in water Make drinks. Coffee pulp is also fermented to make wine. Later coffee spread to Turkey. Unlike the Arabs, the Turks found that the roasted coffee tastes more fragrant. This kind of "roasted" coffee is the embryonic form of people roasting coffee today. In 1610, merchants from Venice, Italy brought coffee to the European continent. The earliest Italian coffee shop, Bottega, opened in Venice in 1645. In 1720, Francesca (Floriano. Francescari) opened the Florian Cafe in Piazza San Marco, which is the most famous and most expensive (excluding Japan) cafe in the world. one. Cafés are still called Caffés in Italy, and Cafés elsewhere in Europe. Since then, cafes have quickly spread throughout Italy, most of which are opened in Venice (Venice)
