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World Service,22 Feb 1999,13 mins

The History of Coffee

Coffee - a Hellish Brew

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Coffee began its journey in the year 850 and is now drunk all over the world. Claudia Roden, Roy Porter, Jeremy Harding and Ray Gosling talk about it's historical development and it's global cultural significance.

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