“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.”️ <https://apnews.com/article/yemen-coffee-cafes-taste-spices-war-72b5d2fdec7375cf476a6881810d8ce6>
