Read the text below. Think of the word which best fits in the gap. You can only use one word in each gap.
The history of coffee
According (1) _______________ legend, coffee was discovered by a shepherd living in modern-day Ethiopia. He noticed his goats were very active and unable to sleep at night when they ate certain berries, (2) _______________ grew naturally in this region.
Seeking help for this odd phenomenon, he consulted with a local abbot, who soon put coffee beans to a (3) _______________ use by filtering them and creating a beverage. Rumor says this new concoction helped the pious man (4) _______________ the long hours of prayer.
From Ethiopia, coffee spread to the neighboring Arabian Peninsula, where its trade and cultivation took (5) _______________ in the 15th century. In the Near East, coffee became a social event and people enjoyed it in coffee houses, while watching art performers, discussing current events and bonding over a nice cup of hot coffee.
This fashion made (6) _______________ way into Europe thanks (7) _______________ travelers who came back with amazing stories of a black drink that kept people going on for hours, even (8) _______________ nights.
