It’s true, coffee does come from Africa (the highlands of Ethiopia, to be specific). Some sources claim an indigenous Ethiopian cultivation and awareness of the coffee bean’s properties as far back as the ninth century AD, but it was in the fifteenth century that coffee as a beverage took off in popularity outside the continent, spreading first into the Arabian and Islamic regions before reaching Europe and beyond. However far back its use in our favorite morning drinks goes, we all have Africa to thank for being the birthplace of the coffee plant.
By the way, I created this artwork as a design for coffee mugs to sell on Redbubble. You can buy your own mug with this design here.