coffee went to yem and hijaz, which were neighbors of ethiopia. and hundreds of years ago people took coffee from eastern ethiopia to yemen, and then coffee went from there to indonesia, and i went from there to a greenhouse in europe and one plant was taken. from there to drinking coffee became prevalent in the 15th and 16th centuries in egypt, syria, yemen, iran, and the ottoman empire. it reached europe in the 17th century through tradesmen and sailors who traveled to those countries. although coffee was very popular in the beginning, it didn't sit well with the rulers and governors. the rulers in the middle east were worried because people would gather in places called coffee houses. in europe, the governors called it the bitter evil fluid. in 1674, french physicians announced that those who drink coffee become delusional and their bodies will experience something like being bewitched. they didn't know that paris would become the capital of coffee houses world. wide within just few centuries. those days, uk monarch charles ii denounced coffee