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4) Just Friends? America’s love affair with coffee

A History of Coffee

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Civil War, Coffee Rations, and Supply Ironies

Describes the Union's coffee rations, blockade-driven supply dynamics (Brazilian, slave-grown coffee), and soldiers' substitutes and foraging—including renewed use of yaupon holly.

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