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   Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2024 08:16:41 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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   • Pope Bob

   @bobdobberson I don't think so. Coffee was an extremely dominant beverage until the late midcentury when soft drinks took over. Coffee got relegated to a utilitarian drink because the industry was largely okay with things being that way. It was really only through Starbucks mass-marketing espresso drinks in the 90s that things started to change, and that was because the drinks were fancy indulgences. You can see a similar trend with beer.

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     Pope Bob (bobdobberson@dobbs.town)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2024 08:16:42 JST Pope Bob

     Did the fall of cigarettes bring the rise of coffee, in a population desperate for stimulants?