Artwork & Words © Richard Ewing all rights reserved

Artwork & Words © Richard Ewing all rights reserved

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Coffee Mugs™

Coffee was criminal !!  pt 7
In Prussia, 1777, Frederick the Great failed to convince the general public that it should exchange their morning java for a morning beer (done so to address concerns of waning beer sales taxes).  So in 1781 he made all coffee a royal monopoly and all 'un-regal' coffee became illegal. To enforce the ban he employed disabled soldiers to track down and snuffle out illegally roasted coffees in the villages.

they drank it anyway.
© Richard Ewing.  All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing.  All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing.  All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing.  All rights reserved.
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