The history of coffee dates back to centuries of old oral tradition in
Africa. Coffee plants grew wild in Ethiopia and were widely used by
nomadic tribes for thousands of years. Sufi monasteries in Yemen
employed coffee as an aid to concentration during prayers. Most of the
world’s coffee grows within the Bean Belt, the area around the equator
between the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer. This region includes parts
of Central and South America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Learn how coffee is harvested
