Originally Posted by
deniah
That's a fast and loose summary of the coffee trade. Most country's lore has coffee introduced without an intermediary. In Austria it was a direct contact with the Ottomans during the Holy Roman Empire's war vs the Ottomans.
Go to Greece and ask for a Turkish coffee... always fun
And if they insist that 'Turkish coffee' is actually a Greek invention, just explain to them in a patronising voice that Greeks got coffee from Italians in any case
