Coffee originated in Ethiopia and spread to Arabia in the 15th century. Coffee beans were used in Yemen in early 16th century. From Yemen coffee spread to the Islamic world and arrived in Cairo in 1510 and in Constantinople. In the 1600s it spread North and East to India, Sri Lanka, Java and the East Indies. Also in the 1600s coffee drinking was established in Turkey, and went to Paris. Coffee was popular in the 1700s around Batavia, and then it was sent back to Amsterdam where seedlings were produced. Seedlings were sent to Louis XIV in Paris and in Surinam in 1718. Coffee plants were also sent to Bourbon (now Reunion) in 1718. French Guiana obtained the seeds in 1722. From there it went to Brazil. One of the seedlings that were sent to Martinique in 1720 grew and went to Jamaica in 1730. These plants were spread to the Caribbean and Central and South America. Coffee was introduced to India and Ceylon at the end of the 17th century. It was taken to the Philippines in 1740, Hawaii in 1825 and to African colonies in 1878 in the form of coffee bushes. Catholic missionaries took seeds to Tanganyika and Kenya at the end of the 19th century, and coffee was sent to Trinidad in1898. In 1900 it was introduced to Uganda and taken to Belgium. Since the 20th century, coffee has been one of the most popular goods on every continent across the world, making it hard to narrow down the commidity to any one region.