The history of coffee is as rich as the brew itself,dating back more than a thousand years.The first coffee plants are said to have come from the Horn of Africa on the shores of the Red Sea.Originally,coffee beans were taken as a food and not as a beverage.East African tribes would grind the coffee cherries together,mixing the results into a paste with animal fat.Rolled into little balls,the mixture was said to give warriors much-needed energy for battle.Later,around the year 1000 AD,Ethiopians concocted a type of wine from coffee berries,fermenting the dried beans in water.Coffee also grew naturally on the Arabian Peninsula,and it was there,during the 11th century that coffee was first developed into a hot drink. The history of coffee is as rich as the brew itself,dating back more than a thousand years.The first coffee plants are said to have come from the Horn of Africa on the shores of the Red Sea.Originally,coffee beans were taken as a food and not as a beverage.East African tribes would grind the coffee cherries together,mixing the results into a paste with animal fat.Rolled into little balls,the mixture was said to give warriors much-needed energy for battle.Later,around the year 1000 AD,Ethiopians concocted a type of wine from coffee berries,fermenting the dried beans in water.Coffee also grew naturally on the Arabian Peninsula,and it was there,during the 11th century that coffee was first developed into a hot drink.