The coffee belt of earth Earth's Coffee Belt While countries one by one became fascinated by coffee, different species of this plant were being discovered in more and more places. Later it turned out that it could grow not only in Ethiopia but also in Brazil, Guatemala, Kenya, Indonesia and other countries that are now called the Earth's Coffee Belt. That is an imaginary strip on the planet's surface stretching along the...
History of coffee Many stories are connected with the discovery of coffee. The most widespread one is the legend of an Ethiopian shepherd called Kalid (Kaldi) who lived around III century B.C. Once he noticed that his goats started running around wildly after eating leaves and red fruit from a bush that was unknown at the time. Kalid told the story to the local monastery's abbot. Having himself tried the...