Coffee, Tea, And Tea

Beer, for example, was a drink that affected the lifestyle of humans; the humans who had made the switch between being nomads to building more permanent homes. Coke, on the other hand, had made its mark on the American culture and then had spread itself to other cultures all around the world. Coffee had formed a new type of franchise, coffee houses, an internet hub; coffee houses had even become a staple in some people’s daily lives. It’s the differences in each drink that can determine the way they affect our culture.

The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition is a very interesting book written by W.J. Rorabaugh which anlyze the high prevalence of alcohol consumption in United States during the early 19th century. When he explains how he started writing the book, he said that when he was looking for a long essay in a particular subject he came across a lot of temperance pamphlets from the 1820’s and 30’s. That is the starting point of writing the book for him. He has stated in the preface Ix that Americans drank more alcoholic beverages percapita than ever before or since between 1790 and 1830. He has mentioned

Each drink has changed the world in many ways (good or bad). Starting with beer, beer steered people out of the hunting and gathering way of life into the agricultural lifestyle. People grew grains in order to make beer, but eventually in gave the people the idea that can also grow more crops instead of just grain. "Beer drinking was one of the many factors that helped tip the balance away from hunting and gathering and towards farming and sedentary lifestyle based on small settlements". Beer was also safer to drink than water because water was mostly contaminated. In the Stone Age, beer became the main drink, and it is still a popular drink today.

Something that has an impact on world history caused important events in that history. In regards to beverages, spirits caused notable events that influenced the course of history. Spirits had the biggest impact on world history because of spirits’ important roles in the slave trade, the American Revolution, and the Whiskey Rebellion.

2) Why was it so important to Europe’s development that many people’s beverage of choice switched from alcohol to coffee?

Coffee was the first true “global” beverage because it was allowed to be consumed by people of

Something that has an impact on world history caused important events in that history. In regards to beverages, spirits caused notable events that influenced the course of history. Spirits had the biggest impact on world history because of spirits’ important roles in the slave trade, the American Revolution, and the Whiskey Rebellion.

“For all the Tea in China -How England Stole the World 's Favorite Drink and Changed History

From the first years in American history, we have drank. Records of the first Europeans on America’s mainland tell about the colonists’ "great thirste" after their original supplies of European-made alcohol ran out. The settlers made their own wine. Eve Alcohol was imported from all over the world. Innovative colonists made alcohol from almost anything. One song from the 1700’s went like this:

When alcohol is integrated into a society, it is consumed in organized situations that adhere to community norms. Situations such as "family meals…weddings, funerals, ordinations, church raisings, court days, militia training days, corn husking, and haying all required ample amounts of alcohol" (Blocker 4). Alcohol was frequently brewed at home, making it a noncommercial, wholesome drink. The consumption also did not lead to a growing temperance movement because it was difficult to see the drunkards outside where they could be problem. At this point in American history, the drunkards were distributed in isolated farms instead of concentrated streets in cities and towns (Ezell 69 pg 169 of american temperance book). Alcohol was consumed among both women and men, children and adults, and in family or community environments, so it was not seen as an importunate issue within the colonies.

Saberi, H. (2010). Tea Comes to the West. In Tea:A Global History. [Adobe Digital Editions Version]. Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com/

Since water in the Chesapeake colonies was unhealthy, everyone was forced to rely on alcohol. From the 1690's onward, females initially made alcoholic beverages at home, as their husbands were focused on tobacco production. However, important changes would soon come to affect the availability and quality of alcohol substantially. During these changes, alcohol consumption was increased by male colonists’ advancements and was later decreased by laborers’ drunkenness.

In the book, A History of the World in 6 Glasses, beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-cola, all differently benefited this world we live in. Alcoholic drinks and Caffeinated drinks all medically benefited through history. For example, sailors drank grog to alleviate scurvy and doctors used wine to help sick patients. For the Caffeinated drinks, coffee was used by businessmen to stay up longer to work. It also helped clear men’s mind after they have drank too much alcohol. Coca-cola in the beginning, was also used medically. Coca-cola when it was originally advertised, was used as a cure for morphine and opium addictions. Another similarity between Alcohol and Caffeinated drinks is that each drink was the defining drink during a pivotal

Sugar as a sweetener came to the fore in connection with these other exotic imports – tea, coffee, and chocolate – of which one, tea, became and has since remained the most important nonalcoholic beverages in the United Kingdom.

Alcoholic drinks vary in the percentage of alcohol that they contain. All states enforce a minimum drinking age of 21, it is the most commonly used drug in our society today. History of Controlled Substance Fermented grain, fruit juice and honey have all been used to make alcohol for thousands of years. An early alcoholic drink in China was drank around 7000 B.C and in India an alcoholic beverage called sura, distilled from rice, was used between 3000 and 2000 B.C. Greek literature is full of warning against excessive drinking. Many Native Americans took part in developing alcoholic beverages in pre-Columbian times and a variety of fermented beverages from the Andes region of South America were created from corn, grapes (or) apples, which was called “chicha.”