Coffee saved us from becoming idiots.
Or did it.;-)
For many years, my mom dad, little sister and I drove down the map from a Chicago suburb to New Orleans to visit my grandmother for Easter Vacation.
When we reached the coast, we visited my grandfather and two of his sons and their families. Men worked at Ingalls Shipyard, building ships for WW2.
One of my uncles had a little boy named James Henry, who, at 4 or 5, drank coffee every morning or he cried: “Ah want mah co-fee”
Now, at my advanced age, make half-caf eveery morning. Buy bottles of organic instant at Safeway, one regular and one decaf. Put equal amounts in the cup. Gets me awake and my beloved cat, Daisy sits on mu lap when I do. Listen to news on the radio. Morning ritual for us.