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Coffee can be seen in almost every aspect of our lives. We drink coffee with pasteries, cakes and sandwiches. We drink coffee almost every morening to give us that caffeine perk.We drink coffee as a means to socialize with friends at cafes and restaurants We serve coffee to our guests as a good host or hostess should. Coffee comforts our being and arouses our senses. We cannot deny that coffee isn’t just any beverage we consume; it is an integral part of our daily lives.

Where does coffee come from? Brewing coffee first began in Etheopia. Legend says that a shepherd in Ethiopia found his goats chewing on the leaves of an unkown plant. The goats then began to be excited. He be began eating the berries of the plant and felt energetic and exhilerated.

Ethiopians talk much pride in thier coffee. When they drink coffee, it is usualy communal meaning they gather together as the mistress prepares the brew. First she roasts the beans when they are green. As the beans are being roasted, she spreads the aroma of the smoke in front everyone being served. After, she grinds the beans then brews it then serves the coffee in small ceramic cups. Before dinking the coffee, it is usualy preceeded by prayers.

Coffee eventually spread to Egypt and Yemen, and by the 15th century, it had reached the rest of the Middle East, Persia, Turkey, and northern Africa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:PalestineCafe.jpg