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Very cool as always! If I may be pedantic about the lede: > The history of coffee provides a rich index of global economic and cultural exchange going back tho
by C-x_C-f 3y ago
Very cool as always! If I may be pedantic about the lede:
> The history of coffee provides a rich index of global economic and cultural exchange going back thousands of years.
The history of coffee is less than 600 years old.
- culi 3y agoIf I may be pedantic in return > The history of coffee is less than 600 years old. The history of coffee being traded internationally is around 600 years old. Coffee began being "domesticated" (more in the Graeber "play-farming" sense of the word) at least 7k years ago Likely even longer before that given the dominance of the plant in parts of Ethiopia. Today the few "coffee forests" remaining are protected ecosystems by UNESCO