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Coffee | Mystics & Caffeine

Can We Health You?

English - April 12, 2021 04:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
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Alice and Leslie talk about one of their favorite drinks, coffee. Learn about the Sufi Mystics who used coffee in their rituals, notable figures with clear coffee addictions, and what coffee does to your body. Spoiler: drink more water!

Sources & Further Reading:

BBC: Coffee and qahwa: How a drink for Arab mystics went global; https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22190802

NCA: The History of Coffee; https://www.ncausa.org/about-coffee/history-of-coffee

Redlands Daily Facts: History of coffee linked to Islam; https://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2013/04/24/history-of-coffee-linked-to-islam/

JSTOR Daily: How Coffee Went from a Mystical Sacrament to an Everyday Drink; https://daily.jstor.org/how-coffee-went-from-a-mystical-sacrament-to-an-everyday-drink/

Magellan TV: Light and Dark: Two Legacies of the History of Coffee; https://www.magellantv.com/articles/light-and-dark-two-legacies-of-the-history-of-coffee

Liam Singer: Magic, Ceremony, and Alchemical Mysticism in Coffee; https://liamsinger.medium.com/magic-ceremony-and-alchemical-mysticism-in-coffee-765caca52f12