Shennong inotaurwawo muna Lu Yu's Cha Jing, basa rakakurumbira rokutanga panyaya yetii. Uchapupu hwekutanga hunovimbika hwekunwa kofi kana ruzivo rwemuti wekofi hunoonekwa pakati pezana ramakore regumi nemashanu, mumamongi eSufi eYemen kumaodzanyemba kweArabia. Kubva kuMocha, kofi yakapararira kuEgypt neNorth Africa, uye muzana ramakore rechi16, yakanga yasvika kune dzimwe nyika dzeMiddle East, Turkey nePersia. Kubva kuMiddle East, kunwa kofi kwakapararira kuItari, ndokuzoenda kune dzimwe nyika dzeEurope, uye miti yekofi yakatakurwa neDutch kuEast Indies uye kuAmerica kuti iwane nzara.
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