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The Secret Life of Coffee in Germany

Of Ottoman trade routes, Hamburg warehouses and Vietnamese plantations

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Katja Hoyer
Feb 12, 2026
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Kaiser-Café on Prager Straße in Dresden around 1900. Img: Deutsche Fotothek, CC0.

I’ve made a wonderful decision this week: I treated myself to a new coffee machine. Nothing fancy, just a simple filt…

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