Hi everyone! I was researching whether tea was known in the Emirate of Cordoba, a Medieval Islamic kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula, but found info that both tea and coffee came to Europe through Islamic lands much later. What were people drinking back then, though? I'd be grateful if you pointed out where I could read about it.

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