[Age of Reason]

"In the end, Balzac resorted to eating dry coffee grounds to achieve the desired effect. He died at age 49.": http://www.npr.org/programs/wesat/features/2001/coffee/010908.caffeine.html

Origin of the Coffe Break and More: http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/coffeebreak/index.html

[Freedom4US]

"In the end, Balzac resorted to eating dry coffee grounds to achieve the desired effect. He died at age 49."

As a young private, I was driving a big army truck at a 0-dark-thirty convoy to somewhere on the highway, I was dead tired. I had to have a cup of coffee, but where, how? I had an MRE ration, so I just ripped open the package - "Coffee Instant Type I" 2.2 grams net, downed it, and took a big ole swig from the canteen. Bleh. It worked though!