HISTORY OF COFFEE: Coffee Beans are the Second Most Traded Raw Material Across the Globe - Space Coast Daily

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HISTORY OF COFFEE: Coffee Beans are the Second Most Traded Raw Material Across the Globe - Space Coast Daily

coffee’s beginnings are enveloped in mystery and loreCoffee beans are now the second most traded raw material worldwide, after crude oil, with sales over $55 billion a year. Legend has it that one day, many hundreds of years ago in the Ethiopian highlands, Kaldi’s goats started eating some berries they found on a tree and became so energetic that they wouldn’t go to sleep that night. The story of the coffee plant and the drink we make from it is…