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I once read an interesting theory that coffee was a fundamental part of the renaissance because it gave people something to drink late into the night other than
by jon-wood 6y ago
I once read an interesting theory that coffee was a fundamental part of the renaissance because it gave people something to drink late into the night other than alcohol, provoking huge swathes of sober (and likely somewhat hyperactive) conversation between peers which would previously have devolved into drunken rambling.