Happy National Coffee Day Everyone! That’s right, today, September 29th is the annual date to celebrate the magical bean. Cheers to a highly caffeinated, buzz-filled day. Take a few sips as you read a short history… Today, over 400 billion cups of coffee are consumed each year. It is a world commodity that is second only to oil. Many of us couldn’t function at the office without it.Coffee dates as far back as the 9th century. It was first discovered in Ethiopia by a goat herder named Kaldi. He noticed the stimulating effects that the coffee berries had on his goats and began to experiment with them. A century later, coffee began to be roasted and traded by Arabs. From there, the beans entered Indian and European markets and the first coffee shop opened in Constantinople in 1475. The popularity of coffee took off and began to grow at an exponential rate.
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