I’ve written about Yemen before. The legendary Sheba was in what is now Yemen. There is a 3,000 year old temple of the Moon God there. And today I read this:
The earliest evidence of coffee drinking comes from 15th-century Yemen.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_coffee
This came up because there was just a study released about health benefits of Greek coffee.
One other fact about coffee which I read which made me do more research was:
The Dutch East India Company was the first to import coffee on a large scale.
It turns out that the Dutch East India Company was the first MNC or multi-national corporation, with all the ensuing destructive, oppressive, and homicidal practices as other MNCs.
It was also associated with the first speculative bubble, called “Tulip-mania”, which occurred in the 1630’s and had to do with, of all things, tulips.
It would be interesting to make a drama about some mid-level Dutch merchant in the 1630’s. Perhaps the main character could be some good-hearted, honest merchant who sees the corruption and treachery of his time in his dealings with others.
I also just watched a YouTube clip of a documentary about spices and am totally jealous that these filmmakers got to make this because I wanted to make something similar:
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