Wild Mushrooms : TCS newswire ; the coffee bean stories ; COUNTRY CULTIVATION DATE (AD)

COUNTRY CULTIVATION DATE (AD)

Yemen 520

Turkey 1480

India 1585

Java 1696

Surinam 1718

Martinique 1720

Brazil 1729

Jamaica 1730

Cuba 1744

Guatemala 1748

Costa Rica 1778

Venezuela 1782

Mexico 1790

Colombia 1792

Hawaii 1820

Salvador 1840

Central Africa 1870

Kenya 1890

Tanzania 1891

East Africa 1901

Madagascar 1908

West Indies 1912

Angola 1912

Vietnam 1915

WildMushrooms : TCS newswire ; the coffee bean stories ;

"The actual discovery of coffee is vague, however most accounts point to a quaint legend of a goatherd in the 1400's who noticed his goats acting more lively than usual. He looked over to see some of the herd chewing on bushes heavy with red berries. Curious, he plucked a few berries for himself and after chewing on them, noticed his energy increase substantially. He took the berries to a local monastery where the chief monk boiled the berries in water and produced an aromatic but bitter liquid, which when drunk acted as a stimulant and warded off drowsiness and fatigue. "