At Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA on Jan 17th, 2009 Steven Johnson links the rise of coffee house culture to the Age of Enlightenment because, before coffee replaced beer as the daytime drink of choice, "the entire culture basically was drunk all day long." As a result, he says "the coffee house was a great hub of Enlightenment-era culture."




At Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA on Jan 17th, 2009 Steven Johnson links the rise of coffee house culture to the Age of Enlightenment because, before coffee replaced beer as the daytime drink of choice, "the entire culture basically was drunk all day long." As a result, he says "the coffee house was a great hub of Enlightenment-era culture."




http://fora.tv/2009/01/17/Steven_Johnson_Coffee_Fueled_the_Age_of_Enlightenment