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Culture & History
Vietnam is the world’s second-largest coffee producer and almost all of it is robusta. How to make cà phê sữa đá with a phin filter, why condensed milk, and how a 1946 milk shortage gave Hanoi its egg coffee.
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Culture & History
Coffee grew wild in Ethiopia, but there is no confirmed record of anyone drinking it before the 15th century, among Sufi communities in Yemen. How it spread to Mecca, Istanbul, Venice, London and every colonial plantation — and which famous stories are legend.
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Coffee Drinks & Recipes
Powder-fine coffee, cold water and sugar, heated slowly in a cezve until a thick foam rises. How to make it properly, why the foam is the measure of a good cup, and the tradition UNESCO recognised in 2013.
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