coffee

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Some locations are synonymous with commodities traded there. Mocha—the name of a coffee bean and a coffee beverage—is a port city that for centuries led coffee trade in Yemen, the first export destination for coffee from its origin in Ethiopia. Batavia ware is porcelain with a deep coffee-colored iron glaze, made in China for Western export. These wares were named for Batavia (now Jakarta), a city on the island of Java, which was the Dutch East India Company trading center for coffee.

 

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