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Stimulating Beverages: Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate in Early America
January 7, 2010
Amanda Lange curator, Historic Deerfield, Inc.

Amanda Lange, curator at Historic Deerfield, explains how tea, coffee, and chocolate--originally prescribed as cures for ailments ranging from headaches and depressions--became counted among the necessities of daily life. Before 1650, a New England breakfast often included a mug of ale, beer, or hard wine. Yet, with the introduction of tea, coffee, and chocolate, the tastes of the Western world were forever changed.

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Author: Amanda E. Lange
Publisher: Historic Deerfield Inc (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 165 pages
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