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The strongest and most accepted legend about the discovery
and drinking of coffee is the one making refrence to
the goat shepherd named kaldi.Legend says that kaldi
noticed the strange behavior of his goat after thay
had eaten the fruit and leafs of a certain bush were
jumping around and running full of ecitement and energy.The
bush that kaldi thoughts his goats had eaten from had
cherry-like fruits.kaldi decided try out the leaves
of the bush and later on he too felt full of energy
kaldi then took some the bush's fruits and branches
to a monastery close to his pasture grounds.He told
the Abbot the story of his goats and of how he too had
felt after eating the leaves.The Abbot decided to cook
the branches and cherries but the result was such a
bitter drink that he threw the entire pot and its concoction
into the fire.When the cherries started to burn,the
beans inside then produced such a pleasant aroma that
he gave the abbot the idea of making a drink based on
the roasted beans,and this is how coffee as a drink
came to be.
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