"Before coffee arrived in Europe, the average citizen began their day with a tankard of beer. .. so for hundreds of years, the Western world operated in a mild, depressive haze of alcohol. Then came the bean. Almost overnight, the morning depressant was replaced by a stimulant. The collective fog lifted. The result was the Enlightenment: a society that woke up, sobered up, and began to ask dangerous questions about why kings and popes held all the power." #MustRead #USPol https://coffeegeek.com/opinions/state-of-coffee/silence-is-no-longer-an-option-why-coffeegeeks-must-reject-fascism/