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Contemporary Witnesses, Everyday Life, East

East Berlin struck by coffee crisis

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In an effort to save Western currency, the GDR creates a new brand of coffee. Kaffee-MIX is ground coffee combined with roasted peas, rye, barley and sugar beet. It quickly earns itself a nickname: Instant Erich.

Peter Pragal, then a correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, was living in East Berlin with his family at the time of the coffee crisis.

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  • Weißenseer Weg 2 (Wohnung Peter Pragal), 10367 Berlin
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    44
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    52.527795
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    13.479612
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