Legends about the development of coffee are varied and interesting, involving chance occurrences, political tricks, and the pursuit of wealth and power. 

According to one story, a sheepherder named Kaldi, as he tended his sheep, noticed the effect of coffee beans. He noticed that the sheep became excited after eating the red "cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures . He tried it himself, and was soon as overactive as his sheep. Another story relates that a monk happened to discover that this fruit from the shiny green plant could help him stay awake. 

Another legend gives us the name for coffee, "mocha". Omar, an Arabian was thrown to the desert with his followers to die of starvation. In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. Not only did the soup save the group, but the residents of the nearest town, Mocha, took their survival as a religious sign. The plant and its beverage were named Mocha to honor this event. 

Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia, whose inhabitants believed it to be a tasty thing and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans. The government forbade transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations. The actual spread of coffee was started illegally. One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled beans to some mountains near Mysore, India, and started a farm there. Early in this century, some of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region. 

Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide, and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries can profitably export.
What crop can small farmers profit from on export?
Is it grown and enjoyed worldwide today?
When was it introduced to countries beyond Arabia?
What secret did they guard like top secret military plans?
What did the Arabian goverment forbade?
Was the actual spread of coffee legal?
Who is Baba Budan?
What did he do?
Where to?
What did he do with them there?
What was found early in this century?
What is another name for coffee?
Who named it that?
Who was thrown in the desert to die of starvation?
How did they survive?
What was the name of the nearest town?
Why was the plant and its beverage named Mocha?
Who was Kaldi?
What did he notice about his sheep?
When they did what?
Coffee
Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide, and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries can profitably export
yes
Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide
much later
Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia
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 whose inhabitants believed it to be a tasty thing and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans
transporting it out of Moslem nations.
The government forbade transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations.
in the beginning
The actual spread of coffee was started illegally
An Arab
One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled bean
smuggled beans
One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled beans to some mountains near Mysore, India
near Mysore, India
Baba Budan smuggled beans to some mountains near Mysore, India
started a farm
Baba Budan smuggled beans to some mountains near Mysore, India, and started a farm there
some of those plants
Early in this century, some of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region. 
mocha
Another legend gives us the name for coffee, "mocha
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unknown
Omar and his followers
 Omar, an Arabian was thrown to the desert with his followers to die of starvation.
eating an unknown plant
 Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. 
Mocha
the nearest town, Mocha
to honor the event
 The plant and its beverage were named Mocha to honor this event
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a sheepherder named Kaldi
they became excited
He noticed that the sheep became excited after eating the red "cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures
eating the "cherries"
He noticed that the sheep became excited after eating the red "cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures 