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#698: Dr. Mark Plotkin on Coffee, The World’s Favorite Stimulant — Chemistry, History, and More

The Tim Ferriss Show

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The Journey of Coffee: From Java to Paris to the Caribbean

Coffee production from Dutch colonies in the East Indies surpassed Yemen, leading to the creation of Mocha Java. A seedling from these colonies was given to French King Louis XIV, which was then taken to Martinique and became the origin of many coffee plantations. The Amsterdam Botanical Garden holds the sole remaining descendant of the original plant, which has had a profound impact on global trade and the coffee industry, worth over $100 billion annually. The story of how this plant made its journey from Paris to the Caribbean is legendary.

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