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Note: And this one is four months late, argh to infinity. Anyway, it's set in the year 1024, two years after The Courting Dance and about five months after Lune's death; the coffee tariffs reference a conversation Cor and Aravis have in chapter 11. Some of the quoted proverbs are borrowed from Heliopause's excellent fic Calormene Proverbs: a handbook for travellers, which you should go read immediately if you haven't already. :)
[ETA: The AO3 crosspost is now up!]]
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And now I am off to another Not the IRS paid training session. :)