Initially (circa 1200) coffee was prepared as a decoction of the dried shell of coffee beans. Then comes the idea of roasting this shell over charcoal. The fried peel and a small amount of silvery skin were poured into boiling water for half an hour.
The result was a pale yellow coffee drink. In the sixteenth century on ceramic or metal trays, the grains themselves began to be fried, then they were ground into powder and poured into boiling water. This technology has improved the aroma and taste of the coffee drink.
Sometimes coffee powder was poured into water and half of the liquid evaporated, and the remaining drink was stored in a closed vessel so that it could be heated and used at the right time. The technology of making coffee in the East ends with the creation of a cezve - a small pot of a special shape for making a coffee drink. Coffee powder, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, ambergris were poured into the cezve and boiled.
The fiery drink was served in thin porcelain cups. From Africa, coffee trees come to Yemen, where, according to manuscript sources, coffee was already known in 875. Perhaps it was so, since in the VI century. n. e. Yemen was under Ethiopian rule. However, in fairness, it must be said that Yemen is considered the birthplace of coffee. Quite quickly, coffee in the Middle East becomes a favorite and common drink.
They drank coffee, sitting on carpets in the shade of trees or in coffee houses - on verandas or open buildings of oriental type with sofas along the walls and a fountain in the center. Coffee was considered a drink of warriors, to whom it gives strength in campaigns, as well as philosophers, adding wisdom to them.
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