Welcome to AirNmenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Almost everyone has a morning routine.

They wake up, take a shower, get dressed, and perhaps the most important step of all, they

make some coffee.

Some may even forego the homemade stuff and instead opt for a professionally prepared

brew at their local coffee house.

From chain stores to mom and pop, there's something special about settling into a comfy

chair and sipping a piping hot latte.

Maybe it's the smell of the beans brewing or the din of the surrounding conversations

that makes these spaces so alluring.

Not everyone finds them enjoyable though.

King Charles II was faced with a dilemma in 1685.

The English coffee houses were responsible for paying significant taxes, but they also

became hotbeds of political activity.

Americans had been known to meet inside them to conspire against the king.

It wasn't uncommon for such establishments to face closure or increase taxes as a result.

During the mid-18th century, Swedish king Adolf Friedrich banned coffee outright.

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