Coffee in America has been a staple ever since its induction after the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Up until then, while coffee houses were frequented still by locals, tea would still remain the choice of drink for many 17th-century colonists. The Boston Tea Party, and the subsequent war of independence, pushed colonists to make the massive push from tea to coffee. Seedlings from trade from Dutch companies made coffee available throughout the world. We have another blog talking more about the role of coffee in the American Revolution here!

Instant Coffee

As time went on, coffee in America became one of the most profitable commodities. Big coffee names like Maxwell, and Folger introduced instant coffee during the civil war as a way to make coffee more readily available to the general public. We have a blog that dives more into the role of coffee in the American military here!

Coffee Artisans

Coffee in America is still ever evolving. Since the creation of Starbucks in 1971, coffee has been something every American can experience at a cheap price. It allowed Americans to explore different coffee types, different specialty teas, and other brewed drinks. Now, modern American coffee is seen in the smaller coffee houses that specialize in specialty coffee! Coffee can be seen as an artistic craft similar to that of wine and beer brewing.

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Read my lips, no sugar, please. So long as America has stood, her presidents have sat down with a cup of coffee every morning. Like how our British neighbors across the pond enjoy their cup of tea, it’s a simple gesture to show that even world leaders need to wake up in the morning.

Founder’s Coffee

George Washington, the first president of the United States, was someone you could call a coffee drinker. Okay, maybe that was an understatement. In one year, the founder imported over 200 pounds of coffee according to his ledgers. Even weeks before his death, he ordered 150 coffee beans from the Red Sea port of Mocha. George Washington had coffee both during the breakfast hours and the dinner hours. Other founders like John Adams renounced drinking tea for the sole reason that the British drank them lavishly and taxed the American colonies for them. The act of drinking tea was an act supporting the British whom they were fighting. Another founder, Thomas Jefferson even once said that coffee was his favorite drink in the civilized world. 

President Teddy

Theodore Roosevelt was estimated to have drunk over a gallon of coffee a day. He was even quoted by Maxwell House coffee in their motto with the phrase, “good to the last drop”. 

Coffee With the Kennedys

Some presidents even had political uses for drinking coffee. John F. Kennedy used coffee to gain support for his senatorial campaign. In his event called Coffee with the Kennedys. JFK used this platform to meet with supporters, improve his public image, and of course, share a cup of coffee with someone. 

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