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The Multicultural History of Coffee in Sri Lanka – By Randika Jayakody & Jerome Perera Source:-Dæhæna  Australia is globally famous for being a hotspot for coffee culture. It is not unusual to have intricate discussions about coffee and chat endlessly regarding the flavours of your favourite cup at a cafe. Sri Lanka was also once a global coffee producing powerhouse, known for making nuanced and flavourful cups of coffee. It is a history that outlines the global connectedness of the island of Ceylon. Coffee beans possibly first arrived in Sri Lanka in the distant past from Yemen or Ethiopia, likely brought to Sri Lanka by Moorish traders. Commercial coffee cultivation on the island was first undertaken during Dutch Ceylon and later refined under British administrators who oversaw the height of coffee production, before a coffee blight destroyed plantations. By the 1800s the coffee trade brought together Moors, Scotsmen, Englishmen, Dutch ...