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		Mediterraneo10 on Nov 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Coffee may have hastened the Ottoman Empire’s demi... Tea did not take off in the Ottoman Empire until the 19th century. While yes, now tea has utterly eclipsed coffee in Turkey as the everyday beverage, it is actually a pretty recent introduction.

kingofpandora on Nov 19, 2019 [–]

Absolutely - and that's when the alleged impact of coffee struck the Ottoman Empire (19th-century national movements).

So even more likely it was tea than coffee, no?

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