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Added historical background on coffee reaching Europe, and fixed the annoying stub which had an internal link in place for every single word in the article
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[[domestication|Domesticated]] in [[Ethiopia]] in [[pre-biblical times]], '''coffee''' is a [[bootany|plant]], the [[roasting|roasted]] and [[grinding|ground]] [[beans]] of [[defining relative pronoun|which]] [[modal verb|may]] be [[exploitation|used]] to make a [[stimulant|stimulating]], [[caffeine]]-containing, [[Kelvin|hot]] [[beverage]].
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Domesticated in [[Ethiopia]] in pre-biblical times, '''coffee''' is a [[bootany|plant]], the [[roasting|roasted]] and grinding beans of which may be used to make a stimulating, [[caffeine]]-containing, beverage.
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Coffee did not reach [[Europe]] until the 17th century AD, where traders from the East brought it to Venice. Soon afterwards, coffeehouses began to spring up across Europe. Coffee was most widely embraced in England over the next two centuries. [http://www.realcoffee.co.uk/Article.asp?Cat=history&page=3]
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