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Today on the program, it's part two of Micah's Read of the Week about the invisible addiction

is at time to give up caffeine.

I'm sitting here with my coffee and I will let you know.

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So in part one, the author tells us a little bit about caffeine and how hard it is to quit

and their personal journey.

In part two, we're going to learn a little bit about the history of caffeine from the piece.

Humanities acquaintance with caffeine is surprisingly recent, but it's hardly an exaggeration

to say that this molecule remade the world.

The changes brought by coffee and tea occurred at a fundamental level.

The level of the human mind, coffee and tea ushered in a shift in the mental weather, sharpening

minds that had been fogged by alcohol, freezing people from the natural rhythms of the

body and the sun, thus making possible whole new kinds of work and arguably new kinds

of thought as well.

By the 15th century coffee was being cultivated in East Africa, traded across the Arabian

Peninsula.

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