Gilt-decorated coffee pot and sugar bowl Tophane, Turkey, 19th Century - Sotheby's Worthy coffee sets for connoisseurs - Coffee aficionados owe their gratitude to Kaldi, the Ethiopia goat herder, who by astute observation, noticed his goats became more spirited when they ate the coffee berries. Also to Pope Clement VIII, who in 1615, was asked to make a decision on the acceptance of coffee drinking, because the Clergy in Venice had condemned the drink as the “bitter invention of Satan”. Upon trying the beverage, he immediately liked it so much he extended his Papal approval. The nature of tea leaves
