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Origin region names the place where a drink was first recorded. Wikipedia notes that coffee's earliest use traces to "the Sufis of Yemen in southern Arabia," long before it reached the wider world. Browsing by origin region shows which parts of the world have produced the drinks people rely on today.

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Era of EmergenceSourced to the subject's own account
1450 CE 1
Austria
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1. Coffee (Wikipedia)
WikipediaCoffee, History section, Sufi Yemen
Quote, Coffee, History section, Sufi Yemen
The earliest reports of coffee drinking pertain to the plant's use among the Sufis of Yemen in southern Arabia in the middle of the 15th century.
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