Added on 12/03/07
"Ahhhhh.....we met at Starbucks. I was in a Starbucks, and you were in the Starbucks across the street..." That wonderful line from BEST OF SHOW makes us smile, almost as much as “Venti soy milk Capp with a bit of nutmeg”. The history and development...
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"Ahhhhh.....we met at Starbucks. I was in a Starbucks, and you were in the Starbucks across the street..." That wonderful line from BEST OF SHOW makes us smile, almost as much as “Venti soy milk Capp with a bit of nutmeg”. The history and development of the beverage that we know as coffee is varied and interesting, involving chance occurrences, political intrigue, and the pursuit of wealth and power. According to one story, the effect of coffee beans on behavior was noticed by a sheep herder named Kaldi as he tended his sheep. He noticed that the sheep became hyperactive after eating the red "cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures. He tried a few himself, and was soon as overactive as his herd. Another legend gives us the name for coffee or "mocha." An Arabian was banished to the desert with his followers to die of starvation. In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. Not only did the broth save the exiles, but their survival... See less 
