The origins of
PERHAPS the most popular story of the discovery of coffee centres around a young goat herder named Kaldi in the Ethiopian province of Kaffa around the late 6th century. Legend has it that he noticed a strange restlessness in his flock after they had eaten the berries and leaves of an unknown plant. Monks from a nearby monastery heard of this phenomenon, and after various trials discovered that by roasting, grinding and infusing in water the seeds of this plant, a unique beverage could be obtained. The modern version of roasted coffee originated in Arabia. During the 13th century, coffee was extremely popular with the Muslim community for its stimulant powers. By parching and boiling the coffee beans, rendering them infertile, the Arabs were able to corner the market on coffee crops. In fact, tradition says that not a single coffee plant existed outside of Arabia or Africa until the 1600s, when Baba Budan, an Indian pilgrim, left Mecca with fertile beans fastened to a strap
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across his abdomen. Baba’s beans resulted in a new and competitive European coffee trade. In 1616, the Dutch founded the first European-owned coffee estate in Sri Lanka, then Ceylon, then Java in 1696. The French began growing coffee in the Caribbean, followed by the Spanish in Central America and the Portuguese in Brazil. European coffee houses sprang up in Italy and later France, where they reached a new level of popularity. Coffee plants reached the New World during the early 18th century, and by the late 1800s, coffee had become a worldwide commodity. Today, the grass-roots coffee movement continues to grow with the increase of small independently-owned cafés boasting sustainable, locally roasted, fair trade beans. The word “coffee” has roots in several languages. In Yemen, it earned the name ‘qahwah,’ which was originally a romantic term for wine. It later became the Turkish ‘kahveh,’ then Dutch ‘koffie’ and finally ‘coffee’ in English.
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OVER the last five years, Greater Shepparton’s café culture has exploded. Starting with just a few cafés and coffee shops lightly scattered throughout the region, it is now hard to walk the streets for five minutes in any of the towns and cities that make up Greater Shepparton without walking by one of the popular cafés and coffee shops. Across Australia, the café culture boom has been brought about thanks to a move toward a more convenient and relaxed lifestyle, and
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brings in a revenue of almost $6B nationwide, with that number expected to grow by 6.9 percent over the coming 12 months. In the City of Greater Shepparton alone there are hundreds employed in cafés, and it seems that the role of the Barista is becoming one of the most important, with people’s love for a perfectly and skilfully brewed coffee hitting an all time high. *Statistics found on ibisworld.com.au
After a great café experience? Drop into one of the following local businesses.They’re worth a try. • Belcibo & Co • Bill + Beat’s • Café by The Little Gourmet Food Company
• Degani Café/ Restaurant • Europa Deli & Café • Fiore’s Bakery Café
• Inky’s Coffee Lounge • Little Lipari • Tatura Bakery & Lunches • Tatura Hotbread
• The Coffee Mantra • Twobo (Café 3629) • Welsford St. Café
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