/oss/taxonomy/term/6426/all en /oss/article/health-and-nutrition-history/coffee-drink-or-not-drink-question <p>Coffee first appeared in Canadian cups about two hundred years ago, some three hundred years after people in Africa and the Middle East were regularly consuming the beverage. The most popular legend about the origin of coffee consumption takes us back to Ethiopia in the ninth century. Kaldi, a young shepherd noted that his goats became particularly frisky after nibbling on the red berries of a certain bush. Intrigued, he tried the berries himself but found the taste very bitter. But there was something else. He felt full of energy and had trouble sleeping!</p> Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:05:06 +0000 Joe Schwarcz Phd 9226 at /oss