Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau. There, legend says the goat herder Kaldi first discovered the potential of these beans :bean: .

The story goes that that Kaldi discovered coffee after he noticed that after eating the berries from a certain tree, his goats became so energetic that they did not want to sleep at night.

As word moved east and coffee reached the Arabian peninsula, it began a journey which would bring these beans across the globe.

Coffee cultivation and trade began on the Arabian Peninsula. By the 15th century, coffee was being grown in the Yemeni district of Arabia and by the 16th century it was known in Persia, Egypt, Syria, and Turkey.

Coffee was not only enjoyed in homes, but also in the many public coffee houses — called qahveh khaneh — which began to appear in cities across the Near East. The popularity of the coffee houses was unequaled and people frequented them for all kinds of social activity.

European travelers to the Near East brought back stories of an unusual dark black beverage. By the 17th century, coffee had made its way to Europe and was becoming popular across the continent.

In the mid-1600's, coffee was brought to New Amsterdam, later called New York by the British.

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:brace-cowboy: Whats your Favorite way to Drink Coffee


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  • Koa_lala [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I downloaded a browser extension that automatically skips sponsored parts of youtube videos. It's the best. No more pubes shavers or annoying mobile game ads. :pingu-horny:

    • Woly [any]
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      4 years ago

      How the hell does that work?

      • Koa_lala [he/him]
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        edit-2
        4 years ago

        I think it's crowd sourced + maybe some automation. For me it works on really niche videos too.

        • Woly [any]
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          4 years ago

          I will always be impressed by the ingenuity that people utilize to get around internet advertisements. Makes me wonder about some kind of Google Glass device that filters out all the billboards and ads you see on the street.

            • Tormato [none/use name]
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              4 years ago

              I’ve been training myself for years to immediately avert my eyes from the constant bombardment of ads that come at us all day.

              If I’m driving or walking around the city or on a subway or reading a magazine or online or the rare times I watch a little tv - I’m always cognizant of that shit. First it’s muted, then I avert my eyes.

              My philosophy is, I’m not letting these fucking capitalist corporate cocksuckers lodge anything into my brain. At least to the degree that I can help it (and that’s a lot).

      • Nuggs [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        It would probably use the new yt segment feature and searches for keywords like "sponsor", "nordvpn" etc, and then skips over that segment

        • Woly [any]
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          4 years ago

          Interesting, I was wondering if they had some kind of voice recognition software that could pick out buzzwords, but your method makes more sense

    • Darthsenio_Mall [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      There's also youtube vanced for android and a similar app you can get on fire tv's that i forget the name of but i can check and reply back if anyone wants me to