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America’s Coffee Culture Enters the New Java Millenium
The American coffee craze enters the new millenium.
As I sip my extra hot, nonfat vanilla latte I realize that my Chico State University days are now just a faded, distant memory. Seven years have passed and the late night cramming sessions...
Caffeine in Coffee
Caffeine is only one of several hundred chemicals found in
coffee. However it is the most notorious because of the many
physiological affects it has on the human body. Caffeine
naturally occurs in many other plants apart from the coffee
bush,...
Coffee: A Historic Beverage, And A Great Holiday Gift
Ah, coffee... a fantastic dark beverage that wakes us up in the morning. For some of us, it keeps us up during the day, or for late night study sessions. We drink it out of habit, we drink it from addiction, we drink it for flavor; whatever the...
Hamilton Beach Brew Station 12 Cup Coffee Maker
The Hamilton Beach Brew Station 12 Cup Coffee Maker is unique amongst coffee makers. This coffee maker has no carafe, instead the coffee is self contained within the unit and is released into your cup by pressing on a dispenser. A great idea it...
Organic Coffee: Pick Me up Naturally
If you are at all aware of health and environmental issues, organic coffee is a product that should be interesting to you.
Do you like to wake up in the morning, feel the sun's rays on your face and savor the rich aroma of your favorite drink...
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New England Coffee
In 1607 The London Company sent 105 adventurous employees to the New World and the founding American colony of Jamestown was created. In New England coffee would not appear until around 1660.
The coffee craze of the 1700’s was well underway in England, however, unlike in London where the coffeehouse had a distinct and respected persona all its own, the American coffeehouse shared space with pubs and taverns. New England coffee was a beverage that was consumed along side ale and rum and therefore was not well received by the refined upper class. Coffee was seen as a debaucherous and wicked beverage that only drunks used to sober themselves up. Tea was the beverage of choice among the affluent.
New England coffee remained the harsh and bitter astringent of drunks for 75 more years or so until 1773 when, in protest to the very high taxes the British government placed on tea and "taxation without representation", American colonists staged the rebellious Boston Tea Party and threw case after case of English tea into Boston Harbor.
In 1774 the Continental Congressed passed a resolution against the consumption of tea and renounced British rule as revolution loomed. The sentiment of the country can be summarized in a line that John Adams wrote in a letter to his wife shortly thereafter, "Tea must be universally rejected and I as well must be weaned, the sooner the better."
The image of New
England coffee began to change as it was now seen as the beverage of the American patriot. From the dark and smelly taverns to the tables of aristocrats, drinking New England coffee became a patriotic duty and a symbolic gesture of independence.
A new American coffeehouse emerged and became a gathering place for casual conversation as well as a central political forum for revolution campaigning. The role that New England coffee played in the creation of the world’s most powerful country is often overlooked yet is a key element in the independence of the United States. As Americans rallied against tea, they in turn rallied in support of coffee, a trend that continues to this day. America is the world’s largest consumer of coffee and the world’s least consumer of tea.
Revolutionary soldiers carried coffee in their field rations as have soldiers of every war Americans have ever fought, hence the term ‘cup of Joe’, as in G.I. Joe. So I raise my mug in patriotic salute to the resistance of tyranny and oppression, "Give me coffee or give me death!" Well, maybe not death.
© Copyright Randy Wilson, All Rights Reserved.
About the Author
Randy works with his son on Ultimate Coffees Info. Randy owned and operated a very successful storefront/mailorder business from 1988 to 2003. Currently full time owner/operator of several online businesses.
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