I like this worldview. Prior to coffee, Europe was in the grip of the beer dwarves. Coffee demons took over and invented nationalism, capitalism and Keynesian economics.
replyPutting Keynesian economics next to nationalism on the evil list was so funny, I almost spit out my coffee.
replyObligatory recommendation for: Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed our World by Mark Pendergrast
replyFantastic book. I first encountered it...in a coffee shop :) Read a chapter and immediately bought the book for myself.
At least the coffee demons aren't quite as bad as the amphetamine demons that produced Nazi Germany.
replyWe could view as amphetamine vs. coffee / black tea.
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