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Panda-768 t1_j0wdo1r wrote

Never knew coffee originated in Yemen. I would have thought coffee plants need tropical climate and not semi arid climate in Yemen. Is Yemen tropical too ?

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tyen0 t1_j0x4bcw wrote

I thought it was from Ethiopia for some reason. Ah, the plant is from Ethiopia. The Yemenis cultivated it.

"The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands via coastal Somali intermediaries and began cultivation" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee

So they missed part of the journey. :)

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magnesiumb t1_j0xy4fc wrote

How is it missing part of the journey if they literally are the beginning of the journey?? 😭😭 Ay. I'm going to bed. This is too much.

When you look at the importance of coffee in Yemeni vs Ethiopian culture, it's also just anecdotally obvious where it originated & has been drunken long before the Wikipedia article can document vs who received it and traded it. Go to an Ethiopian person's house and you'll be there for two hours whole someone brews you coffee from the green bean in a traditional clay pot. It's a whole thing.

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tyen0 t1_j10i3bj wrote

I think you missed my point. We're discussing OP's graphic in this thread, not the wikipedia article. :) I meant that OP's graphic was missing the part of the journey beginning in Ethiopia.

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magnesiumb t1_j0xxqsx wrote

It didn't...even the Wikipedia page linked describes the fact that local ethnic groups in Ethiopia knew it was stimulant and how Somali traders brought it to Yemen...you have to have a plant (&know it's value and use) to bring it elsewhere & trade.

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