# The history of coffee

IELTS Academic Listening - 10 questions - 10 minutes - Note completion

Source: Recording, questions and answer key from Cambridge IELTS 13, Test 4, Listening Part 4. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Used for educational practice. Explanations and evidence notes are written by Testmigo.

## The recording

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## Questions

### Questions 31-40: Note completion

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

The history of coffee
Coffee in the Arab world
There was small-scale trade in wild coffee from Ethiopia.
1522: Coffee was approved in the Ottoman court as a type of medicine.
1623: In Constantinople, the ruler ordered the **(31)** _____ of every coffee house.
Coffee arrives in Europe (17th century)
Coffee shops were compared to **(32)** _____.
They played an important part in social and **(33)** _____ changes.
Coffee and European colonisation
European powers established coffee plantations in their colonies.
Types of coffee were often named according to the **(34)** _____ they came from.
In Brazil and the Caribbean, most cultivation depended on **(35)** _____.
In Java, coffee was used as a form of **(36)** _____.
Coffee became almost as important as **(37)** _____.
The move towards the consumption of **(38)** _____ in Britain did not also take place in the USA.
Coffee in the 19th century
Prices dropped because of improvements in **(39)** _____.
Industrial workers found coffee helped them to work at **(40)** _____.

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