History

In which country was coffee first drunk?

Ethiopia

Background

Coffee originally comes from Ethiopia. A goat herder there noticed his animals got lively after eating red berries. The legend is old but research confirms Ethiopia as the home of coffee. Only later did it travel through Yemen to the Arab world. There people first brewed it as a hot drink.

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