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The Commodity Map

Every episode at its origin (click a pin to open it), and where each commodity is grown.

Coffee — Ethiopian highlandsTea — Yunnan Province, ChinaChocolate — Mesoamerica (Maya origin)Sugar — Caribbean (colonial plantation zone)Guayusa — Ecuadorian AmazonKava — Vanuatu, Pacific IslandsKola Nut — West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana)Home Base — Indianapolis, Indiana