Coffeehouses popular throughout Europe by 1700. Coffee brewed with hot water or steam. More people drink tea than any other stimulating beverage, but international trade is less than for coffee. China, about 2700 BC, according to legend. Our word China derived from chai, Russian word for tea.
Tea is a small tree, but is pruned to a bush.
Youngest leaves and stem stips are harvested by hand . Cocoa butter processed out 19th century, made modern cocoa. Chocolate bars also 19th century. Now grown in plantations, leading producers Singapore, Ivory Coast, Brazil. Fruit is size and shape of a small football, borne on trunk.