Coffeehouses go hand in hand with the history of coffee.

So enjoy a hot or cold brew at one of the 23 Treasure Coast coffeehouses and coffee shops listed below, while you read about their history.

It’s unknown exactly how and when coffee was discovered, according to the National Coffee Association of USA. The legend about its origin goes back centuries to a goat herder named Kaldi on the Ethiopian plateau.

Kaldi noticed his goats were so energetic after eating berries from a certain tree they didn’t sleep at night. He shared the discovery with the local monastery’s abbot, who made a drink with the berries that kept him alert through the long hours of evening prayer.

Indian River County:6 coffee shops in Vero Beach and Sebastian

St. Lucie County:8 coffee shops in Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie

Martin County:9 coffee shops Stuart, Jensen Beach and Hobe Sound

Trevor Wise, of Micco, drinks one of Coco Rio Cafe's signature drinks, The Nuthouse, on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, in Vero Beach. Some profits Coco Rio's coffee sales help educate over 1,700 Miskito children and pay teachers along the Rio Coco in Nicaragua each year.

Word spread and reached the Arabian Peninsula, where coffee cultivation and trade began. It was being grown in the Yemeni…



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