ABSTRACT
Coffee is native to Ethiopia and introduced to India during 1600 AD. Over the centuries, numerous legends have been accumulated about the discovery of coffee. Possibly, the earliest references to the use of coffee are to be seen in the Old Testament. Coffee cultivation had begun as early as the 16th century. The most well-known story – the discovery of the coffee plant is concerned with a goatherd tending his flock in the hills around a monastery on the banks of the Red Sea. He noticed that his goats, after chewing berries from the bushes growing there, started prancing excitedly. A monk from the monastery observed this behaviour, took some of the berries, roasted them, and brewed them. When he served, the brew kept his people more alert during the long prayers at night and this shows the birth of the world’s most stimulating beverage [1].
