HISTORY: COFFEE MUGS

It's the year 1475 and the great city of Constantinople has been under Ottoman control for over twenty years. The dome of the Church of the Holy Wisdom - the Hagia Sofia - is now a place for muslim worship. But that is not your concern today - instead you stroll through the narrow streets in search of a newly opened establishment - the Kiva Han - possibly the world's first coffee shop. You smell the aroma of the strong Turkish coffee before...
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