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Uses ingredient links a drink to the raw material it is made from. Wikipedia defines coffee simply as "a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans," a single ingredient that gives the drink its name. This dimension groups drinks made from the same base ingredient.

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Era of EmergenceSourced to the subject's own account
1500 BCE 1
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1. Drink (Wikipedia)
WikipediaDrink, History section, tea paragraph
Quote, Drink, History section, tea paragraph
likely originated in Yunnan, China, during the Shang dynasty (1500 BCE-1046 BCE) as a medicinal drink.
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