I really like this essay and I managed to track down the original in French, for anyone who reads French: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Trait%C3%A9_des_excita

I really like this essay and I managed to track down the original in French, for anyone who reads French: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Trait%C3%A9_des_excitants_modernes https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Trait%C3%A9_des_excitants_mod... The part about coffee is halfway down the page under the heading §III — du café.