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October 1: International coffee day

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  “I am not addicted to coffee; we are in a relationship” “A morning without coffee is not a Good morning” “A yawn is a silent scream for coffee” Any coffee lover will be able to associate with these quotes. More so, as they all celebrate the International day of coffee on October 1 every year. Why is the day celebrated? The farmers and growers of coffee are appreciated on this day, and their services along with difficulties they face is shared with the world. There are millions of producers of coffee in the world who desire fair trade practices and other such aid. This day endorses coffee as the favorite drink. Who invented Coffee? Coffee was discovered by a goad herder in Ethiopia in the 9 th century named Kaldi . Arabia got the taste of coffee with Ahmed-al-Ghaffar of Yemen in the 15 th century. The name has also travelled a journey with popular as ‘qahwah’ in Yemen to ‘Turkish kahveh’, to ‘Dutch koffie’ to the present day ‘coffee’ in English. Several name of coffee i