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tyen0 t1_j0x4bcw wrote

Reply to comment by Panda-768 in [OC] The early coffee bean journey in the world (data source wikipedia). by highcharts

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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