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Ep 54 Wake Up and Smell the Caffeine

This Podcast Will Kill You

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The History of Coffee

There are some historical references to ancient documents or accounts of coffee drinking as early as the sixth century. The earliest indisputable records put that timing as no earlier than the middle of the 15th century in the Sufi monasteries of the Yemen and southern Arabia. An Ethiopian goat herd named Khaldu was out hurting his goats one day when he noticed his flock nibbling on some bright red berries on a certain bush. But the holy men of the monastery did not approve of these devilish red berries. And so they threw them into the fire, which then only led to the most delicious smelling aroma.

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