Long before coffee became a commodity, a culture, or a multi-billion-dollar industry, it was simply a mystery - hiding in the highlands of Ethiopia. The legend begins not in a boardroom or a barista’s hand, but on a hillside, with a herd of restless goats and a curious young herder named Kaldi. Kaldi’s goats, according to folklore, were not behaving. They danced, skipped, and refused to sleep after nibbling the bright red berries from a...

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