| Show Coffee Tree Believed to toBe toBe toBe I Be Native of f Ethiopia The early history of or coffee corree as a beverage Is obscure EthIopia Is regarded re- re regarded ns as the time original home of the coffee corree tree which is Indigenous to many parts of Africa says sas a writer In the Indianapolis News I Large virgin forests of f corr coffee e trees are ure found in Ethiopia In Iii some cases the outer fringes of or these forests are worked by the thc natives na nn tives s but for the most part the he ber berries ries rles fall to the time ground each ench year and ODd are wasted It Is said that the coffee coerce tree was arl originally found round by Arab travelers tray trav elers in the Ethiopian province pro of or l about 1000 years cars n ago o and that seeds were taken to Yemen In Arabia whence the custom of or us us- lag ing coffee coerce as ns a gradually spread throughout the re rest t of th till We world The fhe tree according to some authorities au nu- acquired the name nome coffee from Kafa the name of the province provo lace ince where Arabs first found It growing wild Most etymologists however er derive e coffee from the the Arabic word I through h Its Turkish form Kah eh meaning a decoction or bevera beverage e made from berries Coffee Corree berries It seems were first used not for a beverage but as at asa asa ata a food rood being eaten In the form Carm ol of paste Tradition has It that an no Ethiopian priest accidentally discovered discovered dis dis- covered the stimulating effect of coffee berries when a n flock of or goats ate n a quantity of or them and then theD neglected their proper rest Later the coffee colIco was fermented into wine |
