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
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