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Coffee was first grown in a country called Ethiopia,which is in Africa, almost 1,000 years ago. Long before the 1200's, coffeehouses were already all over the Middle East. By the end of the 17th century, 400 years later, coffeehouses were also popular in France, Italy, Holland, England, Germany, Austria, and in many other countries. Occasionally, a ruler, politician, or religious leader would try to destroy the coffeehouses of the world, but they never succeeded. They tried to destroy the houses because at the coffeehouses people were free to discuss whatever they felt like discussing, and the rulers didn't like this. The world loved coffeehouses because they were a place where people could go and talk with other people. They could also read quietly, study, sketch, write, play cards, or play a game of chess or checkers.
Because of traders and explorers, coffee growing spread to Indonesia,
the Caribbean, and Latin America. European settlers brought their
habit of drinking coffee with them when they came to the New World.
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