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Due to the high demand for coffee, different coffee bean types are being cultivated around the world to meet that demand. But have you ever wondered how this beverage was discovered?

The history of the plant we now know as coffee is interesting and varied. According to a legend, coffee beans were first discovered by Kaldi, an Arabian shepherd from Caffa Ethiopia.

One day, he noticed his sheep became hyperactive. It danced around the bush after eating red cherries, which were actually the coffee beans, in the bush. Kaldi made a conclusion that these beans can make someone excited after eating it. And so Kaldi also tried to eat the beans and soon became as hyperactive as his sheep.

Later, Kaldi informed the monks about the effect of the said plant and encouraged them to try eating the beans. Having discovered that the beans can help them to stay awake when they pray, the monks introduced the beans to other monasteries around the world.

Coffee beans came from Ethiopia and were later introduced to Arabia. Coffee beans were first eaten by a tribe, called Galla, in Ethiopia. It was the Turkish people who adopted the coffee as a drink.

Later, coffee beans were introduced to other countries after in Arabia. And as it became popular as beverage, more and more countries started cultivating different coffee bean types.

In Muslim nations, the government prohibited people from exporting the plant or coffee beans to other nations as they monopolized the production of coffee beans. Thus, coffee has been spread to other countries illegally. It was smuggled by an Arab named Baba Budan to the mountains near India and Mysore.

In the 1700s, coffee beans were introduced by a French infantry captain to America. From then on, it was brought to the Caribbean Island of Martinique. Today, because of the high demand for coffee, many countries are into growing different coffee bean types. These include Mexican, Colombian, Arabica, and Costa Rican coffees. This industry currently employs over 20 million people around the world.