“Coffee has a long history in Yemen.

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“Coffee has a long history in Yemen. While the plant was likely discovered in #Ethiopia, by the 1400s it was being cultivated in Yemen, where #monks brewed it to stay awake during prayers, according to the National Coffee Association, a U.S. trade group. #Yemen monopolized the #coffee trade for around 200 years until #Dutch #merchants smuggled #CoffeeSeeds to #Indonesia and began growing plants there.”️

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“Coffee has a long history in Yemen.