HLTHAGE 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Murad Iv, Coffee Culture, Medicalization
13 Jan 2019
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Inspired sufis to think of plant/berry as something useful; sufis used berry to practice islam (late night chanting sessions) Initially too expensive for the poor (due to import) and at first restricted to only those who could afford it. In north america, coffeehouse not popularized until after wwii. Everywhere coffeehouses, factories, fancy dinners, military camps, funerals, hospitals, etc: no inappropriate place for coffee, caffeine and social ceremony, caffeine use marked by ritual and ceremony, morning coffee , coffee run , tea time , Coffee break : communal consumption caffeine as social lubricant. Coffeehouses as penny universities : public talk, play, concert advertised at coffeehouse or may occur at coffeehouse, caffeine shapes conversation: Is mass use truly about addiction: cannot solely explain the popularity of addictive substances through their physiological impact, ex. Decaf widely popular: decaf is really popular. Those who drink coffee and fulfill all the criteria that is considered a mental illness towards coffee but without the caffeine influence.
