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Lifestyle

COFFEE, A MOST

SEDUCTIVE BEAN

hether as a quick pick-
“If I can’t take my me-cup in the morning
coffee break, something Wor an indulgent finish to a
splendid meal, coffee is still one of the
within me dies . . .” little luxuries of life.

FRANK LOESSER: HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS Coffee was always an exotic drink
and so it remains today. Smouldering
passions crowd television commercials
over cup after cup of rich, dark coffee,
sipped wistfully on a dusty desert train
journey, or savoured abroad a yacht on a
romantic tropical night, until a solo cup
becomes a delightful duet.
Today, the aroma and taste of a cup
of coffee are enjoyed the world over,
though the story of coffee begin in East
Africa.

The Story of Coffee.
Legend has it that in the depths of
Abyssinia, today’s Ethiopia, sometime
around the middle of the ninth century,
there lived a sober goatherd called
Khaldi. One day his normally lethargic
goats pranced home in an agitate state.
Curious at their antics, he followed them
and discovered that they had been
nibbling the red berries of an evergreen
tree.
Khaldi decided to try some himself
and was soon in a state of euphoria.
In his excitement, he dashed off to
broadcast his find and came upon
an elderly Moslem mullah, who was
depressed by his tendency to nod off
during prayers.
Khaldi let him into the secret of the
red berries and coffee took its first step
toward becoming one of mankind’s
favourite pick-me-ups.

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