![]() In addition, Americans saw tea as unpatriotic and avoided drinking it. S erving tea wasn't common and treated as a gentle drink for ladies. I must be weaned, and the sooner, the better."Īfter the Revolutionary War (late 18th century), Americans avoided tea even more and became avid coffee drinkers. I cant make Tea, but I’le make you Coffee.' Accordingly I have drank Coffee every Afternoon since, and have borne it very well. ![]() 'No sir, said she, we have renounced all Tea in this Place. Huston, 'is it lawfull for a weary Traveller to refresh himself with a Dish of Tea provided it has been honestly smuggled, or paid no Duties?' "I believe I forgot to tell you one Anecdote: When I first came to this House it was late in the Afternoon, and I had ridden 35 miles at least. John Adams, one of Founding Fathers and the second President of the United States, wrote this to his wife, Abigail on July 6th 1774: The beverage also had a magnetic pull for pro-revolution Americans. Because of the taxation on tea, many coffee houses became the place to host heated political discussions and gatherings. ![]() To protest, eventually Colonists went on board British ships and destroyed cargoes full of tea. They threw them into the ocean as an act of resilience to the taxation tyranny, events otherwise known as the Boston Tea Party.Īmericans then started choosing coffee over tea and the result was astounding. Tea was a symbol of British oppression to American colonists because of King George’s high tax on it ( 1760s). To summarize - Britain was deep in debt, so it imposed bunch of taxes on American colonists to help pay those debts (Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act). To understand why American cowboys loved coffee so much, we first must have a short coffee history lesson. American cowboys were on to something when they favored coffee over tea, but what exactly makes coffee, cowboy coffee? ![]()
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