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Coffee in the Ottoman Empire

The 16th-century rise of coffee in Constantinople, the role of coffeehouses in Ottoman society, and the trade routes that carried beans across an empire. Part of The Coffee Encyclopedia, sponsored by PuertoRicoCoffeeShop.com.

Coffee's Spread to the Ottoman Empire

Summary Coffee entered the Ottoman Empire in the mid-1500s and was quickly embraced as a cultural...
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