Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 11 minutes ago
Coffee! Stimulant and well-loved drink of choice for millions across the world. It helps us wake up in the morning, it helps us stay up through the night, and it helped to ignite the Enlightenment, and the French Revolution, and the American Revolution! Right? That's a popular interpretation that sometimes pops up on the internet, but the reality is a little more nuanced. So what's the real story?
SOURCES:
A History of the World in Six Glasses, Standage
Uncommon Grounds: A History of Coffee and How it Transformed our World, Pendergrast
The Coffee House: A Cultural History, Ellis
Coffee! Stimulant and well-loved drink of choice for millions across the world. It helps us wake up in the morning, it helps us stay up through the night, and it helped to ignite the Enlightenment, and the French Revolution, and the American Revolution! Right? That's a popular interpretation that sometimes pops up on the internet, but the reality is a little more nuanced. So what's the real story?
SOURCES:
A History of the World in Six Glasses, Standage
Uncommon Grounds: A History of Coffee and How it Transformed our World, Pendergrast
The Coffee House: A Cultural History, Ellis
