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Tea or Coffee?

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{{Video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw_C2LvK80Q&feature=youtu.be&t=330331|szer=350|poz=center|opis=''Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht'' (aka ''Coffee Cantata'', BWV 211) performed by Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin (1978)}}
The Turks would have been quite puzzled by these lines. Why, coffee is bitter, not sweet! In fact, it was way too bitter for western European palates. Here, it had to be sweetened with copious amounts of sugar – which of course came from sugar-cane plantations that Europeans had set up in the New World to meet the growing demand. The careers of coffee and sugar – both highly addictive – went hand in hand.

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