Food & Culture
From a Goat Herder's Curiosity to Your Morning Mug: Coffee's Wildly Political Past
Coffee didn't arrive in your kitchen quietly. Before it became America's most consumed morning ritual, it was banned by governments, debated by religious authorities, and credited with fueling the intellectual conversations that helped spark the Enlightenment. The humble cup you reach for before you've fully woken up carries more history than most people ever suspect.
Mar 13, 2026
