Introduction to Medieval Coffee - Class Handout
Bibliography - Update January 2026
Allen, Stewart Lee. The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee. Soho, 1999.
Read MoreAmenu, Teshome. “The Rise and Expansion of Islam in Bale of Ethiopia: Socio-Cultural and Political Factors ...
The Dancing Goats
Many coffee enthusiasts love to joke that coffee was discovered by goats in the sixth century and they’re not wrong. No one knows exactly when or where coffee was first discovered, but the most popul...
Read MoreA Little Cup of Coffee
Coffee was not originally consumed in the roasted bean, boiled water method that we are accustomed to today. The Oromo people of Ethiopia would take fresh coffee beans and mash them into a paste, mix...
Read More