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Just finished The Devil's Cup, by Stewart Lee Allen. This is a very interesting book on the history of coffee. The author treks three quarters of the way around the world starting in Ethiopia where coffee plants originated then on to the Middle East (Yemen) and to India and then Turkey. He then goes to Europe where the Turks failed in the attempted attack but left lots of coffee beans behind when they retreated.
From Europe on to Brazil and finally to the US and the beginning of coffee shops there. Book was written 1999 but is still up to date. I'd give it four plus stars.
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