Uncertain. There is no known connection with the Côtes de Duras east of Bordeaux.
Duras
A traditional French red wine grape mostly grown around the river Tarn, northeast of Toulouse.
• Daurs, Sudra, duars, rudas, sudra
Source: Wiktionary
Du"ra, n.
Definition: Short form for Dura mater.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.