I'm journalist and coffee lover Abdul Rahman Malik and in this program I'm going to tell

the story of how Muslim culture and civilization turn coffee into a commodity, a drink, and an institution that literally changed the world.

This is the story of the Mohammedan Bean.

It's hard to remember a time when I wasn't captivated by coffee. It really shouldn't have

been the case. My parents hail from Pakistan and come from families that take the

brewing of tea very seriously.

But tea was a ritual for the home.

Coffee was something we went out to drink.

Just keep that coffee hot

hot be sure you make a lot I make a lot your coffee hits the spot

it hits the spot. It hits the spot.

So keep that coffee hot.

So keep it hot.

I love your coffee hot.

I love your hot.

So keep that coffee hot.

Growing up in the Anodyne suburbs of Toronto, Canada, Sunday afternoons were enlivened by our

weekly trip to Mr. Donut, my father's favorite coffee spot.

It was the smell I remember most, opening the door of the shop and being struck by the

aroma of their signature drip coffee, a robust earthy perfume followed by intoxicating traces of burnt oak.

It might have been the jovial atmosphere of those Sunday afternoons, or it might have been the

caffeine. Either way way I was hooked.

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