STAGE 4
The Coffee Bean Belt
The Coffee Bean Belt
Although the coffee beans were strictly controlled in the Arab countries, a Muslim Saint who had made the pilgrimage to Mecca brought beans from Yemen to Mysore in India.
The coffee grown in India was later transplanted to Java by the Dutch, and coffee plantations spread to the East Indies, including Sumatra.
Coffee then made its way to Europe in the 1720s when it was transplanted to the French colony Martinique, making the first coffee-growing area in the Western hemisphere.
Coffee beans grown in Haiti also helped boost coffee consumption in Europe.
Regions suitable for coffee cultivation are known as the coffee bean belt.