History of Coffee
600 A.D.	- Legendary discovery of coffee by Kaldi, an Ethiopian goat herder, who witnessed his excited goats after they ate berries from a coffee plant
1000 A.D.	- Coffee crosses the Red Sea to Arabia, where it spreads everywhere that Islam reaches. During this period, the coffee house is born.
1650 A.D.	- Indian pilgrim Bada Budan succeeds in smuggling some of the heavily controlled coffee seeds out of Arabia. This paves the way for the European coffee market and European production through their colonies.
1720 A.D.	- Coffee sprouts borrowed from a coffee tree owned by Louis XIV make their way across the Atlantic and are planted in the French colony of Martinique. Fifty years later, Martinique would be home to over 18,000 coffee trees and precursor to Central and South Americas coffee markets.
1727 A.D.	- Colonel Palheta, a Brazilian diplomat, charms the French governor of Guiana's wife into giving him some coffee shoots. Brazil would grow to be the world's largest coffee empire.
1893 A.D.	- Coffee seed from Brazil is brought to Kenya and modern-day Tanzania, ironically located a few hundred miles south of Ethiopia, coffee's birthplace.

Around the World of Coffee
There are as many ways to drink coffee as there are countries. Coffee is drunk by a third of the world's population, yet no two nations seem to serve their coffee the same way.
Arabia	People in the Arab world like a tiny, sweet cup of coffee.
France	For breakfast, the French like to drink their coffee in bowls, scented with chicory.
Holland	The Dutch like their coffee strong, served in individual pots with sugar, a jug of cream and a glass of water.
Italy	The Italians created espresso coffee, which is very strong. It is served without milk in tiny cups.
Russia	This is a nation of tea drinkers. However, when they do drink coffee, they take it black, with sugar and a slice of lemon.
Southern India	The people of southern India enjoy their coffee with plenty of milk and sugar. It helps to soothe their palates after a spicy hot meal
Sudan	The Sudanese stir cloves and other spices into the coffee and serve it black, from a jug.
Turkey	In Turkey, the dregs of coffee grains lining your empty cup are used to tell your fortune. Turkish coffee is made with very fine coffee grounds, sugar and water, which are placed in an 'Ibrik' then brought to a boil. The resulting coffee is very strong and thick.
America	Americans prefer a lightly roasted coffee with a dash of cream.