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The Turks discovered the flavorful and euphoria-producing effects of the basic coffee recipe in the early 15th century.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
They quickly realized the value of their discovery and soon began shipping coffee beans anywhere in the world where they were engaged in trade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
From there, the beverage rapidly became popular in locations all over the world and was quickly embraced wherever it appeared. Soon the coffee plant was being cultivated all over the globe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
There is some room for interpretation about the origin of coffee as there are two stories that are generally accepted as equally likely to be true.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The first holds that Ozdemir Pasha, the Ottoman Governor of Yemen, discovered the coffee bean in the region under his rule and that he introduced it to his sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
As the story goes, the sultan gave the beverage his royal seal approval, and the rest is history.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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According to the second account, the properties of the coffee bean were discovered in 1554 by two Syrian men who brought their discovery to Istanbul.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
There, according to the tale, the two men opened competing coffee shops and the effect of their efforts to out-do each other resulted in the popularization of the beverage in Turkey\u2019s most well-known historic city.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Few historians deny that each of the two stories is both backed up by historical documentation, and appear to be equally likely to be true.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Whichever story you prefer is a matter of personal taste. But it could be that both chains of events happened simultaneously. Either way, the Turkish nature of coffee\u2019s origin is certain.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
After the beverage reached the royal palace, the sultan\u2019s culinary staff decided to grind the beans to ground and boil them in a coffee pot that is still used today known as the Cezve (jezve).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
From there, the drink found favor among all of the royal houses and soon became a profitable profession for the working class brewer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The piping hot beverage found its way to Europe in the early 1600s after Turkish merchants began trading and selling it all over the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
By the middle of the 18th century, coffee was considered one of the most valuable trade commodities in the world. Since then, it has been commonplace in the trenches of war, the bridges of large merchant and military ships, in homes, and in workplaces.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Everywhere people crave a pick-me-up in the early morning hours, coffee is there.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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