Kaldi was a legendary Ethiopian goatherd who is credited for discovering the

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plant around 850 CE, according to popular legend, after which such crop entered the

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and then the rest of the world.

Analysis

The story is probably apocryphal, as it was first related by Antoine Faustus Nairon, a

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Roman professor of Oriental languages and author of one of the first printed treatises devoted to coffee, ''De Saluberrima potione Cahue seu Cafe nuncupata Discurscus'' (Rome, 1671).

Influence

In modern times, "Kaldi Coffee" or " Kaldi's Coffee" and "Dancing Goat" or "Wandering Goat" are popular names for coffee shops and

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companies around the world.For example
Kaldi - Wholesale Gourmet Coffee Roasters

Kaldi's Coffee Roasting CompanyKaldi's Coffee House
or
Google search for "Kaldi"Wandering Goat Coffee Company
All accessed 12 September 2006. The biggest coffee chain in Ethiopia is called Kaldi's.

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