Tag: Coffee
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Brewing Cooperation: How Coffee Shaped the GDR’s Foreign Policy
By the 1970s, coffee was an integral part of the economy for the GDR. However, the Coffee Crisis of 1977 forced the GDR to reconsider their relations with other nations, namely Ethiopia and Vietnam. Connie Greatrix explores these new found trade partnerships and their implications.
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Wake Up, It’s Time for Change: The Role of Coffeehouses in Revolutions
Eva Beere explores how coffeehouses facilitated revolutionary ideas and became spaces for challenging political norms throughout history and across cultures.
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Coffee Rush
Written by Megan Sickmueller. The coffee industry dominates our modern culture and daily lives, but how did it originate and develop as a trading commodity?
Retrospect Journal 