Coffee Comes to the Americas
- In 1714, the Mayor of Amsterdam presented a gift of a young coffee plant to King Louis XIV of France.
- A young naval officer, Gabriel de Clieu obtained a seedling from the King's plant and transported it safely to Martinique.
- This seedling was the parent of all coffee trees throughout the Caribbean, South and Central America. After crude oil, coffee became the most sought commodity in the world.
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No one knows exactly how or when coffee was discovered, though there are many legends about its origin.
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