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08Oct/18

5 Interesting Historic Facts about Coffee

1- The original definition of coffee means “wine.” Coffee’s original name, qahwah (قهوة), came from the Yemen term for wine. In Turkey it was called kahveh, until the Dutch referred to it as koffie, where we get the English coffee. 2- Coffee was originally a food. Coffee berries were mixed with fat to create an energy-rich snack ball. It was also consumed as a wine when made from the pulp of coffee berries. 3- The Arabs discovered coffee. They were jealous ofRead More…