The word coffee may come from the Turkish kavhe – that means "exciting drink" – or from the name of a region in Ethiopia, Caffa, from where coffee spread. The first people that valued it used to prepare a concoction of berries and leaves of coffee, or used to eat a paste based on animal fat and coffee berries pounded in a mortar. The pleasure of the palate surely went together with the "effects" of the drink. Coffee acts on nerve centres and gives a sense of general wellness, making us feel more active. And just on this "condition of wellness" the stories were born – more similar to legends – about the discovery of coffee .One of the most famous stories tells about a flock of goats that after having nibbled at an unknown shrub fell in a state of uncommon "excitement".