Final answer:
The goats of Kaldi discovered coffee in Ethiopia, and it spread to Yemen and the Ottoman Empire. The world's first recorded coffeehouses were opened in Istanbul, and a Muslim pilgrim named Baba Budan smuggled coffee seeds out of Yemen. Coffee cultivation began in Ceylon.
Step-by-step explanation:
The most enduring legend about the discovery of coffee by humans dates to circa A.D. 800-900 in the highlands of Ethiopia, with the legend that the goats of Kaldi discovered coffee. Over the next centuries, coffee spread from Ethiopia to Yemen on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. In 1536 the Ottoman Turks occupied Yemen. Soon afterward, coffee becomes a vital export throughout the Ottoman Empire. The world's first recorded coffeehouses were opened in Istanbul soon after it arrived there in 1555, and the establishments were where most of the general public was introduced to coffee. In the 17th century, a Muslim pilgrim named Baba Budan is said to have smuggled seven coffee seeds out of Yemen by strapping them around his waist. Soon after, the Dutch smuggled a coffee tree to Holland but the tree did not flourish in the Northwestern European climate. Fertile coffee beans were brought to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the Indian Ocean and coffee began to be grown there.