Recently some researches have discovered that the
plant (arabic coffea) comes from Yemen and that only
in the XV century the coffee as a drink become
famous in Arabia. There are many theories about the
origins of the plant as mentioned above it is
believed that it originated in the east while others
believe it started in the Ethiopian country Kaffa
(from whose name the word "coffee" would be derive).
General beliefs are that the Arabs started the
trades, then followed the Ethiopians and the Turks.
The firts European coffee shop was opened in San
Marco square, in Venice in 1638. While coffee has
been around for a while, only in the XIX century did
the chemists Runge, Caventou and Robiquet discovered
the common elements of the coffee plants.
