Why Coffee Is The "Blackest" Way To Start The Day
Black History Year
PushBlack
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🗓️ 14 November 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages in the world. Like many everyday staples, it has a secret Black history. Although its origins are sweet, how it ended up in our cups is bitter.
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| 0:34.0 | It's everywhere. Most people can't even start their mornings without it. |
| 0:39.3 | The world runs on coffee, and its history is like some folks like to drink theirs. |
| 0:45.3 | Black and strong. Let's percolate on why. |
| 0:48.3 | I'm Leslie, and this is Two-Minute Black History, what you didn't learn in school. |
| 1:09.1 | Coffee originated in Ethiopia. |
| 1:18.6 | According to legend, Caldi a a goat herder, discovered his stimulating effects after his goats ate the red berries and went buck wild. Caldi tried these magic berries himself, roasted them, and then shared them with his community. |
| 1:25.6 | That's when coffee was born. |
| 1:34.9 | Then, in the 17th century, you guessed it, colonizers, the Dutch to be exact, stole it. |
| 1:37.1 | Eventually taking it worldwide. |
| 1:45.7 | The tragedy of coffee is that after it was stolen from us, we were forced to grow it on plantations in places like Haiti, which once produced 60% of the world's coffee. |
| 1:50.6 | Today, coffee is a multi-billion dollar industry and the second most popular beverage after water. |
| 1:58.5 | Yet our people only own about 1% of their wealth. But we have the power |
| 2:03.6 | to brew a new reality because blackness and coffee have always been inseparable. And knowing the rich history of this staple is a sweet reminder that the world would be a lot less flavorful without our genius in it. |
| 2:31.3 | So keep grinding it out. In order to move towards the future, you've got to look to the |
| 2:37.6 | past. This has been two-minute black history, a podcast by Push Black. If you enjoy this episode |
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| 2:56.4 | Together, let's celebrate and honor the legacy of black history. |
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