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Many traditions revolve around drinking coffee, including weddings, funerals and business meetings
Many traditions revolve around drinking coffee, including weddings, funerals and business meetings
'Qahwa': Arabic for coffee is percolated with sweet, bitter and poetic meanings
From how you drink it to how it's brewed, the word — just like the drink — is steeped in symbolism