Legend has it that 9th-century goat herders noticed the effect caffeine had on their goats, who appeared to “dance” after eating the fruit of the Coffea plant. A local monk then made a drink with the produce and found that it kept him awake at night, thus the original cup of coffee was born.

The word “coffee” comes from the Arabic word for “wine.” Qahwah later became kahveh in Turkish, and then koffie in Dutch, which is where we get the English word coffee.