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'Of Coffee or Cahuah' by Mr Pyke

Reference number: RBO/15/94

Date: 1731

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Concerning coffee from Moab in Arabia Feliz and at Bethel Valkeil (the coffee is usually bought for England)
Details of Turkish coffee
That the Dutch have large coffee plantations in Java
Details of coffee called Custoe coffee
Details about growing coffee
Read to the Royal Society on 17 June 1731

Reference number
RBO/15/94
Earliest possible date
1731
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Of Coffee or Cahuah' by Mr Pyke, 1731, RBO/15/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_15_94/of-coffee-or-cahuah-by-mr-pyke, accessed on 09 March 2026

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