<P> The earliest credible evidence of coffee - drinking or knowledge of the coffee tree appears in the middle of the 15th century in the accounts of Ahmed al - Ghaffar in Yemen . It was here in Arabia that coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed , in a similar way to how it is now prepared . Coffee was used by Sufi circles to stay awake for their religious rituals . Accounts differ on the origin of coffee ( seeds ) prior to its appearance in Yemen . One account credits Muhammad Ibn Sa 'd for bringing the beverage to Aden from the African coast . Other early accounts say Ali ben Omar of the Shadhili Sufi order was the first to introduce coffee to Arabia . According to al Shardi , Ali ben Omar may have encountered coffee during his stay with the Adal king Sadadin 's companions in 1401 . Famous 16th - century Islamic scholar Ibn Hajar al - Haytami notes in his writings of a beverage called qahwa developed from a tree in the Zeila region . </P>
<P> The earliest credible evidence of coffee - drinking or knowledge of the coffee tree appears in the middle of the 15th century in the accounts of Ahmed al - Ghaffar in Yemen . It was here in Arabia that coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed , in a similar way to how it is now prepared . Coffee was used by Sufi circles to stay awake for their religious rituals . Accounts differ on the origin of coffee ( seeds ) prior to its appearance in Yemen . One account credits Muhammad Ibn Sa 'd for bringing the beverage to Aden from the African coast . Other early accounts say Ali ben Omar of the Shadhili Sufi order was the first to introduce coffee to Arabia . According to al Shardi , Ali ben Omar may have encountered coffee during his stay with the Adal king Sadadin 's companions in 1401 . Famous 16th - century Islamic scholar Ibn Hajar al - Haytami notes in his writings of a beverage called qahwa developed from a tree in the Zeila region . </P>
where did the first coffee bean come from
where did the first coffee bean come from
Arabia
Arabia