Hello, I am transcribing a document, a book about coffee culture in the US, for a student who needs it. I came across this interesting piece in the book. In the 1600s (and I am sure most of you know this already) coffee was considered a man's drink in Great Britain. Women were not allowed in the coffeehouses. In 1674 a "Women's Petition Against Coffee" a satirical rant, was published. In this rant, women claimed that coffee consumption decreased a man's sex drive and caused them to be fruitless like a desert.
So a Men's Petition for coffee was then published, which stated in part: ". . . Coffee Collects and settles the Spirits, makes the erection more Vigorous, the Ejaculation more full, adds a spiritualescency to the Sperme, and renders it more firm and suitable to the Gusto of the womb, and proportionate to the ardours and expectation too, of the female Paramour." Sometimes, my job is interesting! P.S. So many random things are capitalized (yes, with an s) in that quote. It's really interesting. Lol Mary ======================================== The Just-chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/just-chat> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the just-chat group at either of the following: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/just-chat/index.html> or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> You may subscribe with your RSS reader at the following URL: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
