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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Something’s Brewing

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

Society & Culture, History

4.58.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Some beverages are more powerful than others, because they compel humans to do some very curious things.

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0:00.0

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

0:08.7

and Mild.

0:13.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:16.3

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

0:22.2

just waiting for us to explore.

0:25.4

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:30.0

There are four words that no person wants to hear.

0:39.5

They strike fear in the hearts of caffeine addicts and morning muters everywhere.

0:44.3

Those words, we're out of coffee.

0:47.4

To some, it's a fate worse than death.

0:49.5

Whether you drink it black or loaded with cream and sugar, many of us can't get through

0:53.3

our day without our morning brew.

0:55.5

And if that describes you, I need you to know that I am in the same club as you.

0:59.8

Coffee is an industry ranking in tens of billions of dollars all over the world each year,

1:04.6

from global chains to independent roasters.

1:07.7

Our lattes and macchiatos are serious business.

1:10.6

But America's love of coffee isn't new.

1:13.1

We've been drinking it since before we were even a country.

1:16.6

Yet during the American Revolutionary War, the colonies faced major food shortages.

1:21.4

The farms that cultivated the livestock and crops that people consumed were left to

1:26.0

the wives while their husbands went off to fight.

1:28.7

That meant that women weren't just responsible for taking care of the children and the home,

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