Coffee Territory

The sort of coffee-tree Coffea arabica came from Ethiopia (Abyssinia), namely from the south-west part of Ethiopian Highlands, which is called Kafa. People used leaves and fruit of coffee-tree since ancient times, long before the Semite tribe on the Arabian Peninsula had known about this plant.
The discoverers of coffee weren’t the Arabs, but Ethiopians – [...]

Coffee in Brazil was grown in early 1700. In 1727 Brazilians have taken part in settlement of territorial disputes between French and Netherlands Guiana. It gave a chance to get at least some carefully protected coffee saplings.
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