SC - Coffee, Tea, and OOP

[Decker, Terry D.]

> I think your dates for the coffee (1450?) may be early, but there seems
> to be
> some disagreement, even on this list, on the exact dates.
> -- 
> Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
> Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
> 
The first major Arabic documentation of coffee as a beverage contains an
account of a meeting between two notables where coffee was served.  IIRC,
one of these people was the Mufti of Yemen who was a major mover in creating
a coffee industry in Yemen and Aden.  From what is known of the man's life
and his death around 1454, the meeting is tentatively dated 1450.

Bear