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There are many versions on the origin of coffee.  Outlined below is just one possibility of the rich history of coffee.
Coffee was only eaten long ago. African women would collect the ripe cherries from wild coffee trees, pound them with animal fat for the men to eat before any battles. This mixture made them tire less easily and as a result, they won many battles.
It was only in 1000AD that coffee first became a drink. The Arabs poured boiled water over roasted and ground coffee beans to create the first hot drink of coffee.
In Damascus and Constantinople, cafenets were created where people met to enjoy their hot coffee as well as play bridge, backgammon, discuss politics and music and write poetry.
In the 1650’s, coffee became popular in Britain, where students set up the Oxford Coffee Club, one of many coffee houses that sprung up in major cities.
All coffee came from Arabia until the late 17th century. Thereafter the coffee bean was smuggled out, and very quickly was being planted in other parts of Asia and Africa.
Very quickly, coffee became associated with the Age of Enlightenment.
Germany, Italy and France set up “Kaffeeklatsch”, coffee gossip, where women would meet, and literally gossip.
Democracy is what coffee symbolized in America. With its independence from England, a nation of coffee drinkers was created after the Boston tea party.
At the end of World War II, European migrants to Australia, introduced a new world of flavours and tastes. With their diverse culture, cafes and restaurants quickly emerged all over Australia.
Due to its multicultural history, espresso coffee is now enjoyed throughout Australia, with cappuccino topping the list in popularity.

1890 K4 Arbuckle Coffee, History of the Sports and Pastimes, #2 England

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Coffee History ? A brief outline is a post from: The Coffee Poet