Thank God for Coffee. No, Really.

Daily Beast ^ | April 3, 2016 | Candida Moss

[C19fan]

When you think coffee, you might think of a multi-billion-dollar industry that spans the globe. You might think of the famous European coffee houses that housed the great artists and revolutionaries of the Renaissance. Or Bach’s libretto, proclaiming that coffee tastes better than a thousand kisses. You might think of the political history of coffee, in particular of the American adoption of coffee in the aftermath of the Boston Tea Party, a period in which drinking tea was seen as unpatriotic. You might notice that the third world produces coffee for the first, and wince at the role that the slave trade played in the production. Or you might just think of frappuccinos.

[C19fan]

Didn't know there was an actual port named Mocha.

[Blue Jays]

Coffee makes me so very happy.

[traderrob6]

Agreed, I quit smoking and drinking, getting too old for impure thoughts....coffee’s the last vice I got left.

[C19fan]

For political leaders, like Charles II of England, coffee houses were places where revolution took root.

Yeap. Colonial Williamsburg rebuilt a coffee house. Get free samples of coffee or chocolate.

[Lazamataz]

When I think of coffee, I think of white privilege, manmade global warming, homophobia, stopping racism, Islamophobia, social justice, inequality, gun control, hate speech, increasing the minimum wage, redistribution of 401K’s, increased welfare, equitable access to the internet, global government, and offensive thinking.

[Safetgiver]

Where...or whom...did you get the idea that coffee was a vice from? The same person who told you rhubarb, asparagus or broccoli was a vice?

[equaviator]

Coffy...Yeah, baby!

[bigredkitty1]

How is coffee a vice? Coffee is proof God loves us and wants us happy and awake.

[dfwgator]

[Daffynition]

[moovova]

I like coffee so much, I changed my name to Juan Valdez.

[pgkdan]

No. I just think of the stuff that let’s me remember to open the front door in the morning before I try walking outside.

[elcid1970]

Laz.....you are a real hoot!

Hmm...you left out spousal abuse during Super Bowl weekend.

;^)

[Lazamataz]

Laz.....you are a real hoot! Hmm...you left out spousal abuse during Super Bowl weekend. ;^)

I'm on a roll today. Seeing how high I can max out the Outrageous Meter. Check my posts everywhere today. :)

[Huskrrrr]

[Lazamataz]

I'm on a roll today. Seeing how high I can max out the Outrageous Meter. Check my posts everywhere today. :)

Not too serious about it all. Don't tell anyone. ;)

[sockhead]

“Agreed, I quit smoking and drinking, getting too old for impure thoughts....coffee’s the last vice I got left.”

Amen to that bro

[traderrob6]

Well, technically caffiene is a drug albeit a mild and fairly benign one.

Intentionally ingesting the drug could arguably be contrued as a vice.

[COBOL2Java]

[COBOL2Java]