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[quote=SETH,305613]GUEST98207 wrote: "Marco Polo brought china, spice, tea and noodle to Italy. Spaghetti is more famous than Chinese noodles. I thought why he didn't bring coffee to China at that time."

Some interesting timeline information about coffee: (reference - http://www.telusplanet.net/public/coffee/history.htm)

1453: Coffee is introduced to Constantinople by Ottoman Turks. The world's first coffee shop, Kiva Han, open there in 1475. Turkish law 
     makes it legal for a woman to divorce her husband if he fail to provide her with her daily quota of coffee. (SHESGOTTABE has to love this!!!)

1511: Khair Beg, the corrupt governor of Mecca, tries to ban coffee for feat that its influence might foster opposition to his rule. The sultan 
     sends word that coffee is sacred and has the governor executed. (And who says coffee can't kill you???)

1600: Coffee, introduced to the West by Italian traders, grabs attention in high places. In Italy, Pope Clement VIII is urged by his advisers to 
     consider that favorite drink of the Ottoman Empire part of the infidel threat. However, he decides to "baptize" it instead, making it an 
     acceptable Christian beverage. (Is coffee behind world terrorism??? Hmmmm....)

Actually, the timing might not have allowed Marco Polo to bring coffe to China, since coffee was introduced to the west in about the year 1600.

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