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How caffeine created the modern world

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If you’re hankering for a long and literary read [that is to say, it's Friday and you're killing time] take a peek at Malcolm Gladwell’s JAVA MAN in The New Yorker. A tasty tidbit: “That the American Revolution began with the symbolic rejection of tea in Boston Harbor… makes perfect sense. Real revolutionaries would naturally prefer coffee.

Not in the mood for multi-syllabic endeavors? Try USA Today’s cover story on Cause Coffees, which attempts to spell out some of the issues that surround sustainability, fair trade, the environment, and a good cuppa joe.

Author: deCadmus

Doug Cadmus is a usability guy, writer and sometime dramatist who moved to Vermont for the coffee, where he's the Web Guy for Green Mountain Coffee. When not writing, reading, or tapping out haiku-like Twitter posts, he roasts coffee in his garage.

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