Out of the freezer, ground coffee will only last for two weeks at the most. If vacuum packed it can last for up to a year. Distilled, or very low mineral content water enhances the flavour. History Ethiopia, then Arabia, Yemen to be precise. The port of Mocha gives its name to a variety.
Coffee still grows wild in Africa, in some of the drier southern parts and Ethiopia.
It was the Arabs who first traded and promoted Coffee drinking. Some say that the reason why the bean was first roasted was to prevent the customers from growing it themselves. It has evolved in plants as a weapon to stop other plants encroaching on their space, in other words it is a herbicide. This is a very costly coffee it comes from a plant that has one seed instead of the usual two. The Latte culture came from the USA, Seattle, to be precise.