Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world, oil being the first.  But where did it come from?  We do not know the exact date, or the exact place where coffee was discovered.  And there are many tall tales about the origins of the coffee bean.  What we do know is that it was discovered in what is present day Ethiopia.  My favorite origin tale involves a shepherd.  He was out one day enjoying his free time while his goats were off grazing in the forest.  The time came for him to take the herd back in, but when he whistled for them they did not come.  He ventured into the forest looking for his lost herd, when he found them he could not believe his eyes.  Instead of his usually calm animals, he found a bunch of wound up wildly bleating goats prancing around a clearing.  The goats had discovered a coffee bush and were eating the berries and leaves (coffee leaves are also laced with caffeine).   – To be continued.

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