Coconut cup, the Baltics, 19th century AD

🎵 Put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both up 🎵

🎵 Put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both up 🎵

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tychosmoose@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Where did they get the coconut? That's a temperate zone.

PugJesus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

A swallow - it could grip it, by the husk!

Coconut cups became popular in Europe precisely because they required a far-off and exotic material to be made of. "Look at this neat thing I'm rich enough to afford!"

tychosmoose@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

Cool!

HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

PugJesus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y