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NutmegYankee

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20. It originated from the mountains of Ethiopia.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #17)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 04:08 PM

Apr 2025

We associate it with South America simply because the tropical Andes Mountains provide a lot of terrain suitable for large scale farming. Colombia for instance is a very high altitude country.

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