Turkish proverb:  Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love. 

 Fling with it for humanity started prior to 1000 AD.  Around 1000 AD, Arabic traders brought it back home, and for the first time recorded, began cultivating it.  The brew they made was called "qahwa" - which, literally translated, means that which prevents sleep ( Read more... )

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