Book I · Georg Franz Kolschitzky · Vienna, 1683
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His legend was forged in war — and poured into Vienna's first coffee cup. A ruined trader becomes a besieged city's last hope, and leaves behind a legacy Vienna still tells today.
The story continues.
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The journey of coffee through time.
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The legend says yes. The documented record points elsewhere.
The far less famous man historians consider Vienna's actual first coffee-house proprietor.
Another coffeehouse origin story, another gap between legend and record.
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