Two centuries passed from the story with goats to the appearance of the first coffee culture. Gradually, wild coffee, which grew in Ethiopia, gained popularity. The great coffee route stretched across the Red Sea to the Arabian Peninsula. There is no verified information about the origin of the method of brewing ground grains as we do it today. However, history knows that by the end of the 14th century there was already a demand for grain in the Arab countries. By this time, in the highlands of Yemen, whose climate is similar to that of Ethiopia, low-growing species of the coffee tree are beginning to be grown.
In the East, coffee is gaining popularity very quickly. During the 15th century, the drink came to every house. In the cities, public coffee houses are organized, which perform the functions of gaming clubs and places for discussing news. Until the 16th century the habit of drinking coffee is becoming widespread in the entire front of Asia, including the territories of modern Iran, Syria and Turkey. Speaking about the origin of coffee in Europe, it must be emphasized that its penetration did not occur simultaneously. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the English, Dutch, and French led an active expansion (commercial and military) of African and Asian countries. Many travelers visit the Arab East and bring back coffee, first for personal use and later for commercial purposes.
If we talk about the mass importation of coffee to Europe, then it happened through Turkey, at that time of history - a very restless neighbor in the East, in a state of war with everyone on its western and northern borders. From there, coffee was brought to Italy. It is characteristic that the Catholic clergy, as well as the Muslim clergy, initially showed a negative attitude to the new drink, seeing in it, to use modern language, an Islamic origin that poses a threat to the Western world. However, in 1600, the Pope allowed Christians to drink coffee, and in 1645, for the first time in history, a European coffee house was opened in Venice.