Legend says…
From the ancient province of Kaffa in southwestern Ethiopia, the legend tells the story of a goatherd named Kaldi who invented songs all day, while he watched his goats looking for food. At the end of the day, he called them with his flute to follow him, but one day the goats did not returned. Kaldi, confused and tired, went to look for them, found them running and excited, he observed them and discovered that they were chewing the fruits of a tree that he had never seen. The next day he saw his goats still with excess energy and still chewing that fruit with a frenzy. Kaldi ran to his Master to tell him the story of his goats. They decided to try it and with disappointment, they found it very bitter, they threw this fruit into the fire and when it burned, it gave off a wonderful smell that captivated them…
Credible evidence of any drinking or knowledge of the coffee tree appears only in the mid-15th century, in the Sufi monasteries of Yemen in Arabia, where coffee beans were first roasted and ground in a way similar to how they are currently prepared
It is believed that the bean came from Ethiopia, spreading to Egypt and Yemen mainly through the port of Moka, allowing the first known cultivation of coffee to be started in Yemen, using it as a legal substitute for wine.
With the arrival of the Ottoman Turkish Empire to the Arab world and the cultivation of crops throughout its territory, care began with a rigorous policy of not exporting fertile grains in order to avoid other crops and maintain a monopoly. It is said that a man was able to remove the seeds attached to the body to the south of India.
In 1658 the Dutch also managed to acquire some seeds which allowed them to start successfully with the cultivation, by 1683 the coffee of the Dutch colonies, especially Mocha (mocha) and Java, were the most sought after for their good smell and taste that they acquired from the dry climate allowing them to be very successful in Europe. Later, they classified Mocha coffee (moka) into three types: Bahouri, Saki and Salabi, sold in Europe for high prices.
The crops managed to reach Malabar, in India, but it was in the year 1706 when the history of coffee really begins with its movement in Europe since a plant was successfully taken to the Botanical Garden of Amsterdam and from there it was exported to different Botanic gardens in Europe.
The Dutch were the first to establish a crop beginning with their colony of Suriname (Dutch Guiana) in 1718. Little by little, coffee reached different countries and colonies, generating a new economy in the region. From Suriname, it went to French Guiana and Brazil allowing it to continue moving around America.
With the arrival of coffee in America came the incredible story of Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu. An officer of the French navy who, on one of his trips to Paris, managed to obtain a coffee tree owned by the king by seducing a royal lady, (other versions say that it was Louis XIV himself who asked to take him to Martinique where Mathieu was on duty).
With the arrival of coffee in America came the incredible story of Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu. An officer of the French navy who, on one of his trips to Paris, managed to obtain a coffee tree owned by the king by seducing a royal lady, (other versions say that it was Louis XIV himself who asked to take him to Martinique where Mathieu was on duty).
Coffee in Colombia has around 300 years of history since the Jesuits brought it in the 18th century. In 1835, the first bags produced in the eastern zone from the Cúcuta customs office, were exported
Legends told that was thanks to the Jesuit priest Francisco Romero in a town in Santander called Salazar de Las Palmas that the increase in coffee production in Colombia occurred.
When his faithful confessed, the priest imposed them as a penance to redeem their sins, planting coffee. Thanks to this, it is said that coffee production began to expand to other departments. By 1850, it had reached Cundinamarca, Antioquia and Caldas.
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