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Until she met me at 36, my wife had never drank coffee.

Now that might not be totally true, I'm sure she'd had a sip of coffee or two,

but drinking coffee was not something she did.

It wasn't until a doctor suggested a little caffeine might help with headaches

that she began her coffee habit and will obviously the world is a much better place for her now

with coffee in it. I drink coffee every day. Each morning, I make a pot of seven cups,

one for my wife and six for me. I don't need a pour over or fancy espresso,

a good cup of drip coffee will do the trick. I do like a slightly darker Vienna rose,

but I'm not fussy. Even thin, diner coffee has its charm too.

And all around the world, every morning, people like me stagger grogly into the kitchen

to get their coffee going. It's a global ritual. But where does coffee come from?

We know it's grown in Ethiopia, in Kenya, Colombia, Jamaica, Uganda, Guatemala,

India, Peru, Honduras, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, and Brazil. But where did it start?

And which brave soul was the first to take a hard green bean,

roast it until it's nearly black, grind it up, steep it in hot water,

and then take a big drink of the bitter, oily stuff and say,

you know, this is going to spawn some global corporate franchises one day.

Luckily for you, you need not wander any longer. Here with the answer is everything everywhere daily,

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