Since I don't drink coffee (ok, twice in my life), it may seem odd for me to write about it. However, coffee is a big deal for a lot of people. You may find this interesting. Researchers recently discovered that some of the best coffee dates back more than a half a million years.
The most popular coffee in the world is called Coffea arabica, which coffee lovers know as "arabica." I of course have never heard of it. Apparently this makes up 60-70% of coffee in the world and is served by Starbucks, Tim Horton's, and Dunkin Donuts. Yes, I have heard of them.
Researchers made a family tree and found that this type of coffee is 600 million year old. It started in Ethiopia and was first roasted in the 1400's in Yemen. Arabica coffee plants are more at risk today to diseases which results in a loss of billions of dollars of revenue a year. They are trying to find ways to protect the plants which is why the study was started in the first place.
So, when you're sitting there in the morning and enjoying that cup of coffee, you're probably not thinking about where that coffee came from, but at least you have some idea now. Don't think about it, just enjoy the cup of coffee.
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