18/11/2022
It is believed that the Ethiopian ancestors of the Oromo people were the first to notice the invigorating effect of coffee. However, there is no direct evidence on this account, no evidence has been preserved about where coffee grew in Africa or who among Africans could have known about the existence of coffee before the 17th century. According to a widespread legend, the Ethiopian shepherd Kaldi was the discoverer of the unique properties of the coffee tree around 850. . Coffee spread from Ethiopia to Egypt and Yemen. From Ethiopia, the coffee drink spread throughout the Near and Middle East. By the 19th century, coffee had spread widely in Italy, Indonesia and America.
