- Dec 21, 2007
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My beloved beverage has many tales and great quotes about it. I'll share a couple. Share yours!
The Dancing Goats:
It is told that an Ethiopian goatherd would take his goats grazing. One day the goats went up a mountain while the goatherd remained below in a shady spot. Later that day the goats came dancing down the mountain. Curious, the goatherd returned to the spot the next day, and once again, the goats walked up the mountain and came dancing down.
Now the goatherd was REALLY curious and climbed the mountain himself. On the mountainside he found plants with rich green leaves and red berries, which his goats where happily munching. He tried a few of the red berries himself, and he found himself dancing too! And thus was coffee discovered....
Pope Clement VIII and Coffee:
Coffee was widely viewed as evil in Europe, since it was the drink of the Muslim "infidels" with whom Christian Europe had been at war for centuries (remember The Crusades?). Many church leaders asked the Pope to ban the beverage, which was considered "Satan's drink". The Pope, to his credit, refused to do so before trying it himself.
And so coffee was prepared, and a steaming mug presented to the Pope, who declared "This devil's drink is delicious! We should cheat the devil by baptizing it!!" And so Pope Clement VIII baptized the coffee beans, and wonderful coffee spread throughout Europe, with the Pope's blessing.
"No man can know the Truth until he has tasted of coffee's frothy goodness" ~ Sheik Abd Al-Kadir
The Dancing Goats:
It is told that an Ethiopian goatherd would take his goats grazing. One day the goats went up a mountain while the goatherd remained below in a shady spot. Later that day the goats came dancing down the mountain. Curious, the goatherd returned to the spot the next day, and once again, the goats walked up the mountain and came dancing down.
Now the goatherd was REALLY curious and climbed the mountain himself. On the mountainside he found plants with rich green leaves and red berries, which his goats where happily munching. He tried a few of the red berries himself, and he found himself dancing too! And thus was coffee discovered....
Pope Clement VIII and Coffee:
Coffee was widely viewed as evil in Europe, since it was the drink of the Muslim "infidels" with whom Christian Europe had been at war for centuries (remember The Crusades?). Many church leaders asked the Pope to ban the beverage, which was considered "Satan's drink". The Pope, to his credit, refused to do so before trying it himself.
And so coffee was prepared, and a steaming mug presented to the Pope, who declared "This devil's drink is delicious! We should cheat the devil by baptizing it!!" And so Pope Clement VIII baptized the coffee beans, and wonderful coffee spread throughout Europe, with the Pope's blessing.
"No man can know the Truth until he has tasted of coffee's frothy goodness" ~ Sheik Abd Al-Kadir
Of course now I'm back with my lil French gal who is massively strong willed, but as fair as the driven snow 
