The Bean That Changed the World: How Coffee Sparked Culture, Commerce, and Capitalism
“Why, this Satan’s drink is so delicious that it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it. We shall fool Satan by baptizing it and making it a truly Christian beverage.”
– Pope Clement VIII, papacy from 1592-1605
Alcohol played a central role in the development of ancient Greek culture and medicine.
The Greeks worshiped Dionysus as the…