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History of coffee, a Rare card
The history of coffee spans many centuries. Wild coffee plants originated in Ethiopia, while the beverage itself has its roots in Yemen, where it was harvested, roasted, and brewed, Sufi Muslims in the 15th century used it to aid concentration during night prayers.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 270,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- From Yemen, coffee spread to Mecca and the wider Arabian Peninsula, and by the early 16th century it had reached Cairo, Damascus, and Istanbul.
- Debates over its permissibility arose in Muslim society, but it soon became a central part of urban social life.
- Through Mediterranean trade routes, coffee entered Europe in the mid-16th century through Italy and other Mediterranean regions.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of coffee article was read about 270,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get History of coffee
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of coffee (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : John Frederick Lewis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
