Coffee & Tea

This week we drink to the bottom of the cup to learn about coffee and tea. Join us as we discuss drinking poop, trading tea for opium, and how coffee won the American civil war. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Young https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/25/485227943/if-war-is-hell-then-coffee-has-offered-u-s-soldiers-some-salvation#:~:text=If%20war%20is%20hell%2C%20then%20for%20many%20soldiers%20throughout%20American,Civil%20War%2C%20Vietnam%20and%20Afghanistan. https://www.history.com/news/coffee-houses-revolutions https://www.metro.us/are-coffee-enemas-dangerous-yes-so-dont-do-them-even-if-gwyneth-paltrow-says-to/ https://asiapacificcurriculum.ca/learning-module/opium-wars-china https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36781368 https://membracid.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/insect-poop-tea/ http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160425-the-pot-of-tea-that-costs-10000#:~:text=China's%20ancient%20bushes%20of%20Da,times%20its%20weight%20in%20gold.&text=In%202002%2C%20a%20wealthy%20purchaser,legendary%20Da%20Hong%20Pao%20tea. https://www.ncausa.org/About-Coffee/What-is-Coffee https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/tea1.htm https://tea-drunk.com/history-of-tea https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2095707/great-tea-robbery-how-british-stole-chinas https://www.thespruceeats.com/the-origin-of-coffee-765180 https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-10-coffee-consuming-nations.html https://www.statista.com/statistics/507950/global-per-capita-tea-consumption-by-country/#:~:text=In%202016%2C%20Turkey%20was%20the,followed%20by%20India%20and%20Kenya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_beer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasseography https://murderpedia.org/male.Y/y/young-graham.htm