when was coffee created
The cultivation and trade of the beans for the drink began in Arabic countries in the 14th century and spread throughout Egypt, Syria, and Turkey. It's said not a single coffee plant existed outside of Arabia or Africa until the 1600s, when a pilgrim named Baba Budan brought them back to India. In 1616, Pieter van der Broeck smuggled some coffee out of Mocha, Yemen and brought it back to Amsterdam. Soon, the Dutch and their coloniesâmost notably Sri Lanka and Javaâtook over the European trade, followed by the French in the Caribbean, the Spanish in Central America, and the Portuguese in Brazil.