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Die Kaffeeriecher des Alten Fritz – The smell of coffee.

deutsch Have you ever heard of the job “Coffee smeller”? These were people in Prussia smelling the streets for illegal coffee roasting, but let’s go back a little. King Frederick II. (1712-86, also Frederick the Great or Old Fritz) was rather fond of conquering parts of his neighbour’s realm – and pretty successful at it….

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April 28, 2020