bs2> .. Boston Tea Party. And the American Revolution began.
> Coffee became a symbol of patriotism, though there was nothing patriotic about it. It had been discovered who knows when in the hinterland of Ethiopia, when goats ate the red fruit of a bush and danced all night, and after a voyage of centuries it reached the Caribbean.
> In 1776, Boston’s cafés were dens of conspiracy against the British Crown.
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> Coffee became a symbol of patriotism, though there was nothing patriotic about it. It had been discovered who knows when in the hinterland of Ethiopia, when goats ate the red fruit of a bush and danced all night, and after a voyage of centuries it reached the Caribbean.
> In 1776, Boston’s cafés were dens of conspiracy against the British Crown.
#EduardoGaleano in #MirrorsGaleano on #TeaAndCoffee #Coffee #CoffeeHistory
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