Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Mushrooms : TCS newswire ; the coffee bean;

Mushroomz:TCS newswire; Coffee Stories ; "The actual discovery of coffee is vague, however most accounts point to a quaint legend of a wee goat and his herder Kaldi, in the 1400's Kaldi noticed his goats acting more lively than usual. He looked over to see some of the herd chewing on bushes heavy with red berries. Curious, he plucked a few berries for himself and after chewing on them, noticed his energy increase substantially. He took the berries to a local monastery where the chief monk boiled the berries in water and produced an aromatic but bitter liquid, which when drunk acted as a stimulant and warded off drowsiness and fatigue. "

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