Intelligence of Coffee
Before coffee, the drink of Europe was beer. In fact, they would start their day with “beer soup” and continue to drink beer throughout the day ("Coffee: THe Muslim Solution"). It was not uncommon for someone to have a few light beers in the morning, beer for lunch and perhaps mixing it up with some wine or gin in the evening ("A Brief History of Coffee"). Their primary hangout was the tavern where people got together, got drunk, and passed out all the time. But with the introduction of coffee, the hangout became the coffeehouse where people got together and held intelligent conversations instead of rambling while drunk ("Coffee: The Muslim Solution").