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An Espresso Reverie

Confessions of an American Coffee-drinker (apologies to Thomas de Quincey)

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Peter Kwasniewski
Nov 09, 2023
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I know. Doctors (which ones? is it still the latest “consensus”?) say it’s not good to drink too much coffee. One can hardly watch a YouTube video without being assaulted by health-nuts who talk about how their latest fungus drink (or whatever other foul potion they’ve come up with) is so much better…

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