History of Coffee. Kaldi the Goatherd
The first coffee drinkers. Kaldi the Abyssinian goatherd Legend has it that sometime around 850 AD, an Abyssinian (Ethiopian) goat herder named Kaldi was the first to recognize the potential of the beans that grew in the ancient coffee forests high on the Ethiopian plateau. According to legend, Kaldi discovered coffee after observing that his previously “irreproachable” goats became so lively after eating the berries from a certain tree that they could not get to sleep at night. Kaldi Read More [...]