The history of coffee begins in Ethiopia, where legend credits its discovery to a goat herder named Kaldi in the 9th century.

He showed the berries to a passing Sufi monk, who took some home, dried them out and boiled them in water. And this, according to the myth, was the world’s first cup of coffee. Legend has it ...

The word likely originates from the Arabic name qahwah, and the first person credited with roasting coffee beans and brewing the first cup is a certain Ali Ibn Umar al-Shadhili, a Sufi who lived ...

The relationship between Islam and coffee ...

Coffee was introduced to India by Baba Budan, a Sufi saint who smuggled seven coffee beans from Yemen and planted them in the hills of Karnataka (now known as Baba Budan Giri). Over time ...

The drink became integral to Sufi religious practices, as monks used it to stay alert during long nighttime meditations. By the early 16th century, coffee had spread throughout the Arabian ...