When Coffee was Illegal

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[ニコラスセニース]

Another contemporary record related to the discourse around coffee is Bach's "Coffee Cantata", a comic work about a woman exasperating her father with her coffee addiction. She apparently stops when her father threatens not to marry her off, but she secretly meets suitors to agree on allowing her to drink coffee whenever she pleases. Anybody reading should give it a listen.

[anska]

Puddle water makes me think of the German expression for very thin coffee, which is flower coffee (Blümchenkaffee) because it allows you to see the interior decor of the cup. 😊

[tuckerstewart]

My family ended up in America because my great grandfather got caught smuggling coffee between Switzerland and Italy!

[lilykatmoon]

One thing I really enjoy about your content is how you do actual research, vet your resources, and point that out to your viewers. As a librarian, I appreciate that people are learning the right way to research while enjoying the fruits of your labors. That drink looks good.

[Taolan]

Fun fact about eggs in cocktails:

The creaminess comes from the yolk, the foam comes mainly from the white. If you want foam but not cream, add whites. If you want cream without dairy, add the yolk (maybe beaten a little first). If you want both, add the whole thing!

[terrylawrence]

Love your lilting alliteration every time you sneak some in. Today's "the libidinous ladies of London were laid low by the lust-lessening latte, " was superior.

[MsAnpassad]

The swedish word Fika comes from one of the coffee bans. Back then, coffee was called kaffi and in order to prevent the authorities overhearing you planning to drink it, they swapped the order of the word and fika became a thing.

[RolloTonéBrownTown]

"Lusty ladies of London laid low" oh my goodness. This was one of the most uproariously funny videos of yours that I've seen. Interesting to see the origins of the "coffee makes you sober" misconception as well. Great mix of comedy and history as always.

[jaredwright]

Yay! More Drinking History! The amount of work it takes for two episodes a week isn't going unnoticed, Max. Thanks 😊

[joanblastorah]

Your face while shaking the cocktails is almost as good as that of your hard tack expression. LOVE IT!

[myrelaionredux]

the reason for coffee becoming even more popular than it was before under Murad IV may have been that his ban on alcohol had caused people to change their social beverage of choice to coffee, a stimulant, rather than the depressant alcohol. Something to a similar effect may also be observed in popularity of coffee in today's Turkey where the extent of indirect taxation on alcoholic beverages has practically rendered alcohol-centered socialization something of a luxury.

[egeoeris]

A drink bringing people together but instead of wasting their time in drunkedness they're wide awake for meaningful conversation, that's gotta be a dangerous thing for the rulers back in the days.

[robinsmith]

You combine 2 of my most favorite things!! Food and history. I was going to be a history teacher but I decided I was too meek and mild to deal with high school students so I became a nurse.

[joelsmith]

Your reading of the coffeehouse widows' lamentations are hilarious. Great episode, Max Miller! You've been killing it lately. Haggis video was legendary.

[JoJoZaka]

babe wake up Max is gonna teach us about coffee

[maugusenergy]

I’m all-in for alliteration and “clearly, the libidinous ladies of London were laid low by the lust-lessening latte” said with a straight face gave me to guffaw! Such a great channel. Would love to have you on my radio show, Max.

[c.w.]

Back in highschool I learned an old fashioned German song about how bad coffee is, it goes: C-A-F-F-E-E don't drink so much coffee, not for children is the Turkish brew, weakens nerves and makes you pale and ill. I'm just glad we had no song about how healthy smoking is.

[sevensoul]

Funny how your description at the beginning of the video also fits on video games. History really just repeats itself over and over again

[MrMustang]

I love this. One for history, two for cocktails, and 3 Sprigagito in the back round! I love the history here and how deep you go into everything. Also the cutaway with just "egg" as you drop the egg white if perfect.

[harrytodhunter]

"Randy Ladies of London" sounds like a great burlesque act!