Round 10: Tossup 2

Robert Boyd Tytler (“TIGHT-ler”) pioneered the cultivation of this crop in a colony by using rainwater to wash it for higher quality. In the 1950s, growers of this crop in one country began advertising it using the fictional character Juan Valdez and the donkey (10[2])Conchita. (-5[1])A (10[1])shortage (10[1])of this good in the 1970s triggered a political crisis in East Germany. According to legend, (10[1]-5[1])this good was originally discovered by the goatherd Kaldi. This good (10[1])exploded in popularity in the United States due to being issued to Civil War soldiers, (10[1])who coped with shortages of it by roasting chicory. Establishments (10[1])dedicated (-5[1])to the consumption of this substance first appeared in the Ottoman Empire, which sourced (10[1])this good from the city of Mokha. For 10 points, name this good produced from Robusta and Arabica (10[1])beans. ■END■ (10[2])

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