Gourmet Coffee

The earliest coffee drinkers from 900-1000 A.D. documented in Arabic scientific documents scientific qualities of the coffee bean. In addition to describing stomach benefits the writers noted that coffee gave "an excellent smell to the whole body." There is truth in that coffee does have an unusual quality of appearing to retain its aroma throught the sweat glands. One will note this in heavy coffee drinkers where the coffee smell still is present on their body hours after their last cup. In the days before people took baths on a regular basis and in areas where water was not in great supply, people must have greatly appreciated this deoderant effect that coffee provided.