“Coffee is a lot more than just a drink; it’s something happening.” - Gertrude Stein

A day, coffee, and a Sufi. In the harbor town of Al-Mukha, Yemen, the guru of the mystical fraternity Shadiliyah poured the black-colored drink for his students, to keep them awake during the night of chanting the praise of Allah.

Eight centuries ago, the teacher Abu Hassan Ali bin Umar adopted something the Ethiopians, across the Red Sea, had been doing