ʻOi aku ma mua o 2 biliona kofe kofe i hana ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā ma ka honua, me kekahi mau kaola ma Italia e hoʻopaʻa ana i nā moʻolelo o ka 4,000 mau kofe i kēlā me kēia lā.
Wahi a ka moʻolelo, i ke kenekulia 9, ua ʻike kekahi kahu hipa ʻōpio ʻo ʻAbyssinian i ka ikaika o nā kao āna e mālama nei ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i nā hua o kekahi mea kanu āna i ʻike ʻole ai. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia ma muli o ka hoihoi a he mea kupanaha ka hopena, ua manaʻo ʻo ia i ke ola a me ka ikaika i nā lā a pau. Ua laha mālie kēia inu a puni ka honua.
He mea hōʻoia hou aʻe kēia he mea maikaʻi ke hilinaʻi i nā holoholona i mālama i ko lākou pilina me ke ʻano a hoʻohana pono i ko lākou ʻano. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "kope" he kumu ʻAlapia a ʻo ia hoʻi "mana, ikaika" a i ʻole ka manaʻo ʻē aʻe no ka huaʻōlelo Arab no ka waina - "kahwa" a i ʻole he waina mai ka pī kope. Ma ka ninau o ka aina hanau kofe, aia nae na hoopaapaa. Wahi a kekahi mau kumu, ʻo ia ka ʻāina ʻo Kaffa o South-West Ethiopia, a ma ka ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻo Yemen.
ʻO ka kofe kahi hua e like me ka cherry, a no kēia kumu i kapa ʻia ʻo "coffee cherry", ua like ke kala o ka mea kanu me ka ʻala a me ke ʻano o ka jasmine. ʻElua mau ala nui o ka hana kope - pulu a maloʻo. Ma hope o kēlā, lawe ʻia kahi mea nui - ka fermentation o ke kofe. He mea koʻikoʻi ia no ka mea kōkua ia i ka ʻala o ke kofe. ʻO ka pae aʻe ka maloʻo ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana i ka lā. He ʻepekema holoʻokoʻa ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana i ka kofe, me nā mea kahu ʻai ʻokoʻa i loaʻa a hoʻohana i nā ʻano hana like ʻole a me nā mea huna.
ʻO ke kofe pipiʻi loa ma ka honua ʻo "Kopi Luwak" i unuhi maoli ʻia mai ka ʻōlelo Indonesia ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo "Coffee from Asian Palm Civet". A ʻo ka civet, kahi mammal predatory e like me ka raccoon, ka mea i hoʻokaʻawale i kēia kofe. ʻAi ka civet i nā ʻano ʻano pīni kope - Arabica, Robusta, Liberica, nāna e hoʻowalewale iā ia me kā lākou pūpū hua. I ka wā e ʻai ʻia ai, hoʻokahi lā a me ka hapa ka ʻai i loko o ka ʻōpū o ka holoholona, kahi hapa wale nō o ko lākou ʻili waho e haki ai. Noho holookoa ko lakou mau loko, me ke ano loli ole, a ua kipaku maoli ia mai loko aku o ka tract digestive o ka civet.
Nui nā pōmaikaʻi o ka kofe: "He hopena maikaʻi loa ko lākou i ka hana o ka lolo - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o mākou, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, he hopena maikaʻi loa ia i ka hoʻomanaʻo. Hōʻike ka noiʻi e hiki i ka inu kofe i kēlā me kēia lā ke hōʻemi a pale paha i ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi type B, Parkinson's, dementia.
