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Coffee
A Quick History of Coffee:
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking appears in the middle of the 15th century in the Sufi shrines of Yemen. It was here in Arabia that coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed in a similar way to how it is now prepared. Coffee seeds were first exported from East Africa to Yemen, as the coffea arabica plant is thought to have been indigenous to the former. Yemeni traders took coffee back to their homeland and began to cultivate the seed. By the 16th century, it had reached Persia, Turkey, and North Africa. From there, it spread to Europe and the rest of the world.
Coffee plants are now cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in the equatorial regions of the Americas, Southeast Asia, India, and Africa. The two most commonly grown are the highly regarded arabica, and the less sophisticated but stronger and more hardy robusta. Clinical studies indicate that moderate coffee consumption is benign or mildly beneficial in healthy adults, with continuing research on whether long-term consumption inhibits cognitive decline during aging or lowers the risk of some forms of cancer.
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Tea
A Quick History of Tea:
Tea originated in Southwest China, where it was used as a medicinal drink. It was popularized as a recreational drink during the Chinese Tang dynasty, and tea drinking spread to other East Asian countries. Portuguese priests and merchants introduced it to Europe during the 16th century. During the 17th century, drinking tea became fashionable among Britons, who started large-scale production and commercialization of the plant in India to bypass the Chinese monopoly.
The term herbal tea usually refers to infusions of fruit or herbs made without the tea plant, such as steeps of rosehip, chamomile, or rooibos. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world. There are many different types of tea; some teas, like Darjeeling and Chinese greens, have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, while others have vastly different profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral or grassy notes.
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This is really interesting. I am a tea person for sure, but it is amazing how these two drinks have been a part of human experience for such a long time. It seems like each person finds their favorite and feels pretty passionate about it for life. It's funny how a drink can be such a big deal
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I think we attach our personal experiences with the drinks and that is why they become so polarized. We orientate our day around our first cup of either, usually, and so it becomes the defining moment of the day.
I personally drink a mixture of both. My French Creole family drinks coffee, but the Irish family that I married into drinks tea. So, while I drink a cup of joe in the morning, I have always enjoyed other options all day long ;)
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I love that you have diversified your beverages to enjoy community experiences with your different family groups. It's kind of a beautiful thing to get to bond over something simple and delicious
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Yeah we both diversify and force ourselves on each other ;) LOL, it all depends on who went to the grocery store last.
I all seriousness though, there are whole rituals around drinking the various different beverages, Morrocan Tea, English Tea, Paris coffeehouses, ASIA.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_(drink)
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Hi CheetahBot! Thanks for cleaning up Steemit for us. I did get the information for the quick history of coffee from the wikipedia article on coffee that you reference above. There was so much info in it that I could only use the first part of the article and then referenced the wiki article. I urge readers to check out the wiki link for more great coffee info!
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