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The world’s most popular drink, of which several million cups per day are now drunk, is believed to have originated in Ethiopia, where these rather plain trees... 10.11.2010, Sputnik International

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The world’s most popular drink, of which several million cups per day are now drunk, is believed to have originated in Ethiopia, where these rather plain trees started being cultivated some 2,000 years ago.

© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Tsiganov, Ekaterina KuznetsovaThe world’s most popular drink, of which several million cups per day are now drunk, is believed to have originated in Ethiopia, where these rather plain trees started being cultivated some 2,000 years ago.

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© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Tsiganov, Ekaterina KuznetsovaThe drink there was named after a mountainous province Kaffa in the southwest of the country but was still to be born. The Ethiopians chewed unroasted coffee berries.

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The drink there was named after a mountainous province Kaffa in the southwest of the country but was still to be born. The Ethiopians chewed unroasted coffee berries.

© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Tsiganov, Ekaterina KuznetsovaThe first cup of coffee was brewed in Yemen in the middle of the first century when this country was controlled by Ethiopia. By the third century, coffee got a religious meaning.

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The first cup of coffee was brewed in Yemen in the middle of the first century when this country was controlled by Ethiopia. By the third century, coffee got a religious meaning.

© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Tsiganov, Ekaterina KuznetsovaYemen remained the only coffee producer until the 17th century. Coffee beans were sent around the world through the port of Mocha which gave the name of the best kinds of coffee. Taking coffee plants out of the country was prohibited under the threat of the death penalty.

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Yemen remained the only coffee producer until the 17th century. Coffee beans were sent around the world through the port of Mocha which gave the name of the best kinds of coffee. Taking coffee plants out of the country was prohibited under the threat of the death penalty.

© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Tsiganov, Ekaterina KuznetsovaOnly in 1616, a young salesman of the Ost-Indian Company, Peter van der Brook, successfully stole several coffee plants from Yemen and delivered them to the Amsterdam botanic garden. Later coffee reached Ceylon and Java.

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Only in 1616, a young salesman of the Ost-Indian Company, Peter van der Brook, successfully stole several coffee plants from Yemen and delivered them to the Amsterdam botanic garden. Later coffee reached Ceylon and Java.

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Then coffee came to the French colonies in America and spread across the entire continent.

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The process of growing and preparing coffee is no less fascinating than the history of its geography.

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For example, coffee trees do not like too much sun and that’s why they are covered by such giants.

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The stages of coffee: berry, unroasted and roasted beans, ground coffee.

© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Tsiganov, Ekaterina KuznetsovaOne can see all the stages of coffee production at the mountainous Losari Plantation in the central part of Indonesia’s Java Island – from grafting the sprouts of an old tree to a young tree for grinding.

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One can see all the stages of coffee production at the mountainous Losari Plantation in the central part of Indonesia’s Java Island – from grafting the sprouts of an old tree to a young tree for grinding.