How long did the Muslims control the coffee trade and what was the name of the port that was used to export co?

[Naz F]

The original port would have been al-Makha, (the source of the world "Mocha"), in Yemen.

Though coffee cultivation began in the Muslim world, the Muslims did not control the coffee trade for a long time. The first coffee shops opened in Europe, in Italy, in 1645. Within less than fifty years, the Dutch and Portuguese had gotten a hold of coffee plants, and successfully planted it in their own colonies. (The Dutch began it sometime between 1600 and 1669.) By 1727, it was being cultivated in Brazil. By then, the amount of coffee that came through Muslim-controlled ports was insignificant.

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