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The smell of brewing coffee is an unashamed assault of the senses. The heady and fragrant scent tantalizes and teases, provoking a primal response from the passionate admirers of its many-layered charms.
According to legend, coffee was first discovered in 600 AD by a shepherd named Kaldi who noticed that his goats were more frisky than usual after grazing on a coffee shrub. It wasn't until 950 AD however, that the Arabs first soaked the green coffee beans in cold water to make the first coffee beverage. Since then, mankind has not looked back, with over 400 billion cups of coffee consumed globally each year. Next to oil, coffee is the most valuable commodity in the world.
For the true coffee connoisseur, there is nothing more satisfying that the pure, unadulterated taste of a fresh cup of java. When paired with a suitable companion - be it cream, chocolate, caramel, brandy, whisky, rum - coffee can be a luxurious and deadly decadence.
Whether you like your coffee bold, iced, in the mornings, after dinner, as a creative energizer or a sinful indulgence, coffee's influence on our everyday lives is unmistakable. For two great reads on coffee and the role it plays in history and the economy, try Mark Pendergrast's "Uncommon Grounds" and Stewart Lee Allen's "The Devil's Cup."
According to legend, coffee was first discovered in 600 AD by a shepherd named Kaldi who noticed that his goats were more frisky than usual after grazing on a coffee shrub. It wasn't until 950 AD however, that the Arabs first soaked the green coffee beans in cold water to make the first coffee beverage. Since then, mankind has not looked back, with over 400 billion cups of coffee consumed globally each year. Next to oil, coffee is the most valuable commodity in the world.
For the true coffee connoisseur, there is nothing more satisfying that the pure, unadulterated taste of a fresh cup of java. When paired with a suitable companion - be it cream, chocolate, caramel, brandy, whisky, rum - coffee can be a luxurious and deadly decadence.
Whether you like your coffee bold, iced, in the mornings, after dinner, as a creative energizer or a sinful indulgence, coffee's influence on our everyday lives is unmistakable. For two great reads on coffee and the role it plays in history and the economy, try Mark Pendergrast's "Uncommon Grounds" and Stewart Lee Allen's "The Devil's Cup."
posted by Flora at 1:02 PM
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