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Coffee: a long history to read up on.

COFFEE IS TRADITION – COFFEE IS HISTORY – COFFEE IS CULTURE.
From Ethiopia, in the Abyssinian region of Kaffe (which gave coffee its name), where the first plantation likely existed, the plant — valued early on for its energizing properties — spread over the centuries through trade routes, first to Yemen and Indonesia, then to South America (Brazil and Colombia), the Caribbean Islands, and African colonies (Ivory Coast and Cameroon).
Geographic migration and climate differences led to two major plant classifications:
ROBUSTA, wild and caffeine-rich, typical of Africa and ARABICA, more refined, less caffeinated, and delicate, mostly grown in Central and South America.
Coffee arrived in Europe around the 1600s, already in use in Turkey and Arab countries, where it was revered as THE MAGIC PLANT.
Its first introduction in ITALY dates to 1570 in Venice, thanks to Prospero Alpino from Padua who brought it from the East.
Coffee quickly became the most beloved beverage — at first among the wealthy due to its cost, and eventually the traditional drink in every home and gathering place.
Since 1946, the passion and life of the “TAZZA D’ORO” Family.