From the 'What were they Thinking' archives

[meamgrimlock]

Occasionally, I find myself with a bit too much idle wetware. When this happens, I find myself occupying the unused electrical impulsed in strange ways

Comments

[uncle_possum]

Given the story about an Arab goatherder noticing how frisky the goats got after eating the berries--how many people either ate the berries as is, or, after various gastric disorders, decided to try cooking them, before your guy came along?

Food for thought, or thought for food, or something

[dryad2b]

Having studied this once, first the warriors started eating the berries themselves. It took them a couple of centuries to get the roasting and brewing working. Which is why nobody brought it back from the Crusades -- the stuff tasted nasty, and not in a coffee-ish way. They brewed some stuff from the unroasted beans - bleh. Okay for a caffiene fix, but not a pleasant beverage. It didn't hit Europe until mid-1600's. Not that that keeps anybody from drinking it, regardless of the date of one's venue...