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The passage traces each ingredient’s plant origin across Sri Lanka, Indonesia’s Spice Islands, and the Caribbean, then connects medieval rarity and long-distance trade to modern baking convenience. 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Here's the twist: there's usually no pumpkin in it at all. That warm, cozy smell wafting out of a coffee cup or a fresh pie is really a team of five spices—cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and allspice—blended together. Each one is a dried piece of a plant: bark, a seed, a root, a flower bud, and a berry. Together they make a flavor so tied to autumn that one sniff can practically make you picture falling leaves.  \nThose five little ingredients have traveled farther than most people ever will. Cinnamon is the dried inner bark of a tree that grows in warm places like  \nSri Lanka, an island off the coast of India. Nutmeg and cloves once came almost only from a tiny cluster of Indonesian islands nicknamed the Spice Islands, while ginger is the knobby underground stem of a tropical plant. Allspice is a dried berry native to the Caribbean, including the island of Jamaica, and early European explorers named it \"allspice\" because they thought it tasted like several spices at once. So your cup of coffee is basically a world map you can drink.  \nLong before anyone dreamed of a coffee shop, these spices were worth a small fortune. In medieval Europe, cloves and nutmeg were so rare and so hard to get that they could cost more than their weight in silver. Merchants carried them thousands of miles along trade routes by camel and by ship, and whoever controlled the Spice Islands controlled enormous wealth. People spent lives and fortunes searching for faster routes to these islands—Christopher Columbus was actually hunting for a shortcut to the spice lands of Asia when he bumped into the Americas. Can you imagine crossing an ocean just for something now sitting in your kitchen cabinet?  \nThat kitchen cabinet is exactly where the story turns sweet. As trade grew and spices became cheaper, cooks in Europe and the American colonies started stirring these warm flavors into pies, cakes, and puddings. American cookbooks from the 1700s and 1800s already listed pumpkin pies seasoned with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves—the very same blend we love today. In the 1900s, spice companies began selling a ready-mixed \"pumpkin pie spice,\" so a baker no longer had to measure out five jars. One shortcut in a bottle, and a centuries-old recipe  \nwas suddenly ready in seconds.  \nFrom that little bottle, the flavor escaped the pie entirely. Today you can find pumpkin spice in coffee drinks, cereal, candles, and even dog treats, and it returns like clockwork every fall. According to reporting on the trend, coffee shops have sold hundreds of millions of pumpkin spice lattes since the drink launched in the early 2000s. It's strange to think that a blend once guarded like treasure is now something you can buy at any corner store. The next time you smell that autumn aroma, remember you're breathing in bark from Sri Lanka, buds from Indonesia, and berries from the Caribbean, all in one warm breath.  \nWhere Pumpkin Spice Comes From  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What surprising claim does the author make in the opening paragraph?\u003Cbr>A. Pumpkin spice is made from a single rare plant.\u003Cbr>B. Pumpkin spice usually contains no pumpkin at all.\u003Cbr>C. Pumpkin spice tastes nothing like autumn foods.\u003Cbr>D. Pumpkin spice was invented inside a coffee shop. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What is the author's main purpose in writing this passage?\u003Cbr>A. To argue that pumpkin pie is better than cake.\u003Cbr>B. To reveal the surprising global history behind a familiar flavor.\u003Cbr>C. To convince readers to stop drinking pumpkin spice lattes.\u003Cbr>D. To teach readers how to grow their own spices. |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) Why did European explorers name the Caribbean berry \"allspice\"?\u003Cbr>A. They found it growing beside all other spices.\u003Cbr>B. T","cbCaihAi4cRPSG5E","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihAi4cRPSG5E","pdf",116097,"English","# Reading Questions\n## Comprehension and Text-Based Evidence","[{\"question\":\"Why did European explorers name the Caribbean berry “allspice”?\",\"answer\":\"They believed it tasted like several spices at once.\"}]","Where Pumpkin Spice Comes From - Solve Each Problem - Use the Article to Answer the Question | PDF",1790807832,11]