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A coffee bearer, from the Ottoman quarters in Cairo (1857). The earliest-grown coffee can be traced from Ethiopia. [6] Evidence of knowledge of the coffee tree and coffee drinking first appeared in the late 15th century; the Sufi shaykh Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Dhabhani, the Mufti of Aden, is known to have imported goods from Ethiopia to Yemen. [7]
Studies of genetic diversity have been performed on Coffea arabica varieties, which were found to be of low diversity but with retention of some residual heterozygosity from ancestral materials, and closely related diploid species Coffea canephora and C. liberica; [8] however, no direct evidence has ever been found indicating where in Africa coffee grew or who among the local people might have ...
Kopi (Chinese: 咖啡; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-pi), also known as Nanyang coffee, is a traditional coffee beverage found in several Southeast Asian nations. Often brewed to be highly caffeinated, it is commonly served with sugar and/or milk-based condiments.
Much of the popularization of coffee is due to its cultivation in the Arab world, beginning in what is now Yemen, by Sufi monks in the 15th century. [2] Through thousands of Muslims pilgrimaging to Mecca, the enjoyment and harvesting of coffee, or the "wine of Araby" spread to other countries (e.g. Turkey, Egypt, Syria) and eventually to a majority of the world through the 16th century.
Kopi luwak, coffee berries that have been preprocessed by passing through the Asian palm civet's digestive tract [97] An Asian coffee known as kopi luwak undergoes a peculiar process made from coffee berries eaten by the Asian palm civet, passing through its digestive tract, with the beans eventually harvested from feces.
Gustav III of Sweden (1746–1792) was determined to prove the negative health effects of coffee.. Gustav III of Sweden's coffee experiment was a purported twin study ordered by the king to study the health effects of coffee.
Kopi may refer to: An alternative name for the karaka tree; Kopi, a clay mourning cap worn by some Aboriginal Australian peoples; Kopi (drink), a coffee beverage with Hainanese cultural roots popular in Maritime Southeast Asia Kopi tiam, a coffee shop or restaurant in Southeast Asia that serves kopi as a menu item; Coffee in Indonesia
Coffea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Coffea species are shrubs or small trees native to tropical and southern Africa and tropical Asia.The seeds of some species, called coffee beans, are used to flavor various beverages and products.