This is my first time to post on this blog. I hope you enjoy.
Today I would like to introduce my book that I have started reading.
The title of the book is called "Uncommon Grounds."
Author: Mark Pendergrast
Year of Publication: 1999
What kind of topic do you associate this title with? Well actually, when I first found this book, I had no idea what it was about. But as I read through the summary, I found out that this was a book basically about coffee. I chose this book because I love coffee and I was interested in the origin of coffee. To tell more about myself, I now work at Starbucks as a part-time job. Since Starbucks is a store that specializes in coffee, I thought this was a good chance for me to know more about it.
I haven't read much yet, but I would like to share some bits of knowledge.
Try to answer to my question: Do you know where the birthplace of coffee is?
The answer is.. Ethiopia.
Maybe some of you already know a kind of coffee which is actually called "Ethiopia."
We don't know when or by whom coffee was discovered, but there is a famous legend about a goatherd called Kaldi.
Kaldi is a boy not only a goatherd but also a poet who loved to wander around with his goats. He knew quite well about his goats, but one day, he found something wrong with them. He saw the goats dancing excitedly. They looked really strange. Then, at the same time he found berries (of coffee) as well. Therefore, Kaldi thought that this Ethiopian berries has a power to give people strength and vigor. This is why "Ethiopia" is still a famous, prestigious kind of coffee.
That's it, see you soon. Bye!
Ah, so that's how the Kaldi specialty shop here in Japan came to be called "Kaldi."
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