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Hi Everyone,

I mentioned before that I’ve been going to Starbucks lately to work on my computer.

Everyone there is either working or studying, which makes it easy to concentrate.

I like coffee, but at Starbucks, I usually drink decaf—because I go there at night. 
I ordered decaf cafe mocha. 

One day, while drinking coffee, I started wondering which country consumes the most coffee.
I didn’t research it at the time, but I stumbled upon an interesting topic by chance recently.

While searching for a politician on YouTube, I came across another politician who happens to be a coffee lover.

The discussion was about international trade, specifically coffee, and he shared an interesting historical story:

“Americans consume the most coffee in the world, and the turning point was the Boston Tea Party. Americans protested the high tax on tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. Afterward, they started drinking coffee instead of tea.

More interestingly, this event eventually led to the War of Independence, which gave birth to America.

So, coffee can even trigger a war—or even the birth of a new country.”

The politician proudly shared this as a testament to his love for coffee.

Stories like these make history memorable, especially when they’re related to something as familiar as coffee. I learned about the Boston Tea Party in school, but I wish I had known this story. Because I just remembered it as ‘Boston Tea Ceremony in 1773’

Now, whenever I drink coffee, I sometimes (only sometimes) think about this story.

Thank you for reading,
Toshiya