Jacob Grier: Coffee, Cocktails, Commentary & Conjuring

Jacob Grier

Coffee, Cocktails, Commentary, and Conjuring

January 8, 2007

Fainting goats

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.]

Posted by Jacob Grier at 11:25 pm in Amusing


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  1. Fainting goats

    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…

    Trackback by Smelling the Coffee — January 9, 2007 @ 12:27 am


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  1. 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…

    Comment by cassandra — January 9, 2007 @ 8:25 am

  2. “With us now is a goat lover and expert . . .”

    Best introduction to an interview ever.

    Comment by Joel H. — January 9, 2007 @ 10:59 am

  3. I thought I might be a little behind the curve on this one.

    Comment by Jacob Grier — January 9, 2007 @ 3:41 pm

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