Legend has it that coffee was discovered when Kaldi the herder found his goats dancing merrily about after consuming cherries from the coffee bush. So what the hell were these goats chewing?
It’s a ridiculous video. I can’t stop watching it.
Wikipedia’s got the science.
[Via Mungowitz. Cross-posted on Smelling the Coffee.]
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as someone who is constantly turning me on to awesome links in your del.icio.us links and who is usually finding this stuff around the same time my friends in forums do, i’m surprised that you’re just now watching the fainting goats! they are great though… oh fainting goats…
“With us now is a goat lover and expert . . .”
Best introduction to an interview ever.
I thought I might be a little behind the curve on this one.