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The '''Royal Rodokan Coffee Company''' (legally incorporated in Tavaris as '''V.K. Kokona Erenar Rodokašta''') is a [[Tavaris]]-based international chain of coffee shops that operates in several dozen countries worldwide. The company was originally established to ship Tavari coffee from the home islands to the newly established Tavari colony of [[Rodoka]]. Contrary to common public belief, the company has never been headquartered on the island of Rodoka, although in 2000 the Rodoka Native Tribal Administration became the largest single shareholder of the company by purchasing a 14% stake.
[[File:Royal rodokan tavari.png|thumb|left|250px|The Tavari language version of the company's logo, used only in Tavaris. All other countries except for [[Cryria]] use the [[wikipedia:English language|Staynish-Codexian language]] version.]]
The company gained the honorary descriptor "''erenar''" (Tavari for ''royal'') from a proclamation by Queen [[Melora II]] in 1642 that granted the company a [[wikipedia:monopoly|monopoly]] on importing coffee to Rodoka. The monopoly, originally granted for 99 years, was renewed in 1741. In 1840, however, the advent of constitutional monarchy in Tavaris meant the monarch no longer had the power to declare such business arrangements, and the monopoly expired (though the company was permitted to continue using the royal descriptor.) In order to replace lost revenue, the company began to open coffeehouses and sell coffee directly to the public for the first time. The coffeehouses immediately proved popular among Tavari, and after Tavari coffee began to gain an international reputation following [[The Worldwide Exposition of 1895]] in Crystal Coast, coffeehouses began to open in other countries as well.
In 2020, the company reported having 19,220 locations worldwide, with 6,300 of these in Tavaris. Other countries with significant numbers of locations include [[Alksearia]], [[Cascadii]], [[Durakia]], [[Eyjaria]], [[Norgsveldet]], and [[Cryria]] (where the chain is known as the Imperial Rodokan Coffee Co. to comply with local laws.) The newest country to have a location is [[Vistaraland#Grand_Dominion_of_Vorpest|Vorpest]], as of February of 2021.
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