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My name is Greg Jackson.

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Coffee has an interesting history. I love coffee and I love the history of beverages in

general. Rum, ale, wine, tea, they all play a major role in our story. Coffee, though, holds a special place in my heart. Coffee originated in the

Muslim world. A few sultans attempted to keep it secret. They forbade the trade in coffee, but that was never going to happen.

There were European Pirates and Barbary who didn't much care about Ottoman trade policies

and saw the potential benefits of trading and

illicit coffee. By the late 1500s the Republic of Venice was trading and coffee

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