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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/boulevardofdef on 2025-07-10 03:05:08+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in the 1980s East Germany tried to resolve a major coffee shortage by building coffee-production infrastructure in Vietnam, its close ally. By the time any coffee was harvested, East Germany had ceased to exist. Meanwhile, today Vietnam is the second-largest coffee producer in the world