Ep. 47 - Coffee: Why do you like it, love it, or hate it?

Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, Do you like, love, or hate coffee, and why? Where did coffee come from? What has coffee done for human history? And more. Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.com Support Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientists REFERENCES Fuelling Democracy – Ben Franklin and Coffee Houses | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGdyttFB-Oc How coffee forever changed Britain | King Charles II’s cronies try to ban coffeehouses | https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20201119-how-coffee-forever-changed-britain The Grecian Coffee House| Frequented by Sir Isaac Newton, etc. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grecian_Coffee_House PTC Paper & The Genetics of Bitter Taste | https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/ptc/ Lutefisk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk Voltaire’s coffee addiction | And 8 other geniuses addicted to coffee | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/famous-coffee-drinkers_n_5358495 Caffeine: How much is too much? | Mayo Clinic | https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/caffeine/art-20045678#:~:text=Up%20to%20400%20milligrams%20 Coffee consumption and health: umbrella review of meta-analyses of multiple health outcomes | R Poole 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j5024 It’s very difficult to consume toxic levels of caffeine from drinks alone | https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/17/15649722/caffeine-overdose-health-risks-coffee-energy-drinks How Caffeine Addiction Changed History (ft. Michael Pollan) | WIRED | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD6cYabx0nk Wall Street started in the Tontine Coffee House | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine_Coffee_House Climate change: Future-proofing coffee in a warming world | https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56804147 Fair trade coffee | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade_coffee Black Ivory Coffee | Elephant poop coffee ☕️| https://blackivorycoffee.com/ Kopi luwak | Palm civet coffee | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_luwak Fermentation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermentation Nordic Coffee Culture Explained: From Fika to Kask | https://nordicperspective.com/culture/nordic-scandinavian-coffee-drinking-culture-explained Navigating Life’s Crap | Essay by Common Scientist Dré | https://commonscientists.com/navigating-lifes-crap/ PODCAST INFO Podcast Website | https://commonscientists.com/common-science/ Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/2KDjQCK Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3pTK821 FOLLOW US Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/commonscientists/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/commscientists TAGS #Storytelling #Science #Society #Culture #Learning