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I've always loved the story about Pope Clement VIII liking coffee. Reading all this about coffee in Vienna makes me want to eat a Mozart kugel!

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That sounds like a great idea!

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Really enjoyed reading this. Next time you are back near Austria, drop down to Bosnia and Herzegovina to try coffee here, it's where those Ottomans stayed after being pushed back from Vienna. Coffee is big here as well.

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That's a great idea! I would love to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina some day.

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This was such a wonderful read! Austria has now been bumped way up on my travel list. As an unabashed coffee snob, I cannot wait to visit Vienna now! The anthropologist Sydney Mintz is a great source for the history of food and mostly coffees sugar in his work ‘Sweetness and Power’ but has a fair amount on the history of coffee too. I also recently wrote about how my travels in Italy inspired me to become a coffee snob:

https://open.substack.com/pub/thosewhowander/p/the-subtle-ways-travel-changes-our?r=2cmpys&utm_medium=ios

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I'm glad you enjoyed the article, Justin. I enjoyed yours, too. Not only because you write about coffee, but also because you demonstrate how travel can open our eyes and change us--in small ways as well as large.

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Love this as our enthusiasm for Vienna and its cafes knows no bounds! Eiles and Hawelka are our favourites;

https://marcoandsabrina.substack.com/p/opulent-veneer

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Thank you! I hate to admit this, but I have never been to Hawelka before, so I couldn't recommend it one way or the other. I will make a point to go there in December when we are in Vienna again.

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Thanks for such a fascinating piece Clarice. I'm rediscovering the delights of coffee after many years so this has stimulated my interest and taste buds!

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Thank you, Allan!

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What a fascinating history of coffee! It would be so much fun to sit calmly in an elegant atmosphere sipping a cup while reading newspapers from around the world. Rome has delicious coffee but people tend to toss down an expresso in a bar while standing up and then go on their way. Although you can sit in outdoor cafes for as long as you want to without being bothered.

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Thank you, Janice. It is interesting to think about the different ways that Italians approach the coffee ritual in comparison to the Austrians, isn't it?

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Very informative and as a coffee lover, I will have to make my way to Vienna one day!

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I highly recommend Vienna for many reasons--not the least of which is the coffee!

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What a delightful and informative piece. I loved it (as I love coffee). I'm sharing w/ some coffee purists I know, who will 'drink this up.' Cheers on a great post, @Clarice Dankers.

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Thank you, Jeanine. I'm glad you liked it.

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Let us know what you think, Clarice!

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I will!

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