In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ORDINAIRE
Etymology
Noun
ordinaire (countable and uncountable, plural ordinaires)
Wine for ordinary use.
A soldier's mess.
A person of common rank.
Source: Wiktionary
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