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The initial discovery of coffee is steeped in legend, but we know that the coffee plant has its origins in the Ethiopian plateau.
The higher altitude (compared to the rest of Africa) produces coffee that, when lightly roasted, is fruity and very bright.
Merchants in Mocha were forbidden to export live coffee trees or coffee beans viable for planting.
That all changed when a Dutch merchant named Pieter van der Broecke stole some closely guarded coffee beans from Mocha and smuggled them back to Holland.
In the mid-1600s coffee received its next big push forward, thanks to the Dutch once again. »
