Most people who think about where coffee comes from probably
end up thinking about Brazilian and Colombian coffee, which is considered to be
among the best out there. However, did you know that coffee didn’t originate at
all in South America?
Coffee is a relatively new beverage, and it is believed to
have originated on the Dark Continent, more specifically in Ethiopia. Of
course, Africa is where the natural, original and undomesticated flavors of
coffee originate. Since then, the coffee bean has traveled throughout the
world, and became part of many different cultures, some of which grow it very
differently from how it was originally nurtured.
Coffee first started becoming popular in the 15th
and 16th centuries. While it was probably known to native Ethiopians
much longer than that, it was only in the 16th century that it was
first brought to India and the Persian Gulf. From there, coffee soon spread to
the Balkans and later to the rest of Europe as well as to most of South and
Southeast Asia.
Surprisingly, the American continents were actually last to
be graced by the presence of coffee and by its delightful multitude of flavors.
Although there are more commercial coffee suppliers here now than ever before. Later on, however, North and South America became well-known as some of the
most popular places to get a delicious cup of java in the entire world.
