coffee

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Coffeepots from England and America face each other, representing volatile trade relations between the two. Just before the Revolutionary War, America’s coffee consumption was soaring. At that time, the commodity was mainly imported from British-colonized Jamaica. When America gained independence, Britain prohibited the exportation of coffee on American vessels, which prompted savvy import merchants to quickly pivot to non-British suppliers including the French, successfully navigating an unpredictable Atlantic trade system.

 

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