Greg Jenner
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It is a goat. So tell me the story. Recount for me this fabled myth.
It is a goat. So tell me the story. Recount for me this fabled myth.
Fighting trolls is a lovely reference.
Fighting trolls is a lovely reference.
Yeah, there's one involving Solomon, King Solomon.
Yeah, there's one involving Solomon, King Solomon.
Yeah. Very fast. That's our kind of mythic origins. But what about an actual historical reference, Jonathan? Have we got something that we can we can say this is the first mention of coffee?
Yeah. Very fast. That's our kind of mythic origins. But what about an actual historical reference, Jonathan? Have we got something that we can we can say this is the first mention of coffee?
But it may have been older. That's just our earliest reference.
But it may have been older. That's just our earliest reference.
Ethiopia to Yemen crosses across the Straits and into Yemen, so we're into the Arab world. From Yemen, do we get it then spreading out through those sort of trade routes out through the Middle East?
Ethiopia to Yemen crosses across the Straits and into Yemen, so we're into the Arab world. From Yemen, do we get it then spreading out through those sort of trade routes out through the Middle East?
Gotcha. And so it spreads through trade routes. You've got Mecca, Jeddah, Medina, Cairo, these big, big cities in the Islamic world. At what point do people go, But it tastes nice and I'm not a sophistic, but could I just drink it? When does it become a beverage?
Gotcha. And so it spreads through trade routes. You've got Mecca, Jeddah, Medina, Cairo, these big, big cities in the Islamic world. At what point do people go, But it tastes nice and I'm not a sophistic, but could I just drink it? When does it become a beverage?
Right, okay.
Right, okay.
So it's within the rules of Islam, you can drink coffee.
So it's within the rules of Islam, you can drink coffee.
Sophie, this Pasha, which means governor really, he's called, I think, Kayir Beg. Why do you think he wants to ban coffee? What do you think is a problem about it?
Sophie, this Pasha, which means governor really, he's called, I think, Kayir Beg. Why do you think he wants to ban coffee? What do you think is a problem about it?