Episode 92 - Not Before I've Had My Coffee

Anna and Amber fill your brain mug with piping hot knowledge about the archaeology, genetics, and culture behind some of our favorite morning drinks.

To learn more, check out:

The History of Coffee (National Coffee Association)

Botany of Coffee (Biology Reference)

Coffee’s Mysterious History (The Atlantic)

Rhazes and the therapeutic use of coffee in Ancient Persia (Edo Barista)

Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba (UNESCO)

Archaeologists Find World’s Oldest Tea in the Tomb of a Han Dynasty Emperor (Smithsonian)

Earliest tea as evidence for one branch of the Silk Road across the Tibetan Plateau (Scientific Reports)

The growth of tea (Nature)

Draft genome sequence of Camellia sinensis var. sinensis provides insights into the evolution of the tea genome and tea quality (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Evil to Super Good. The History of Yerba Mate (Medium)

1,000 Years Ago, Caffeinated Drinks Had Native Americans Buzzing (NPR)

Ritual Black Drink consumption at Cahokia (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Photo credit: Enjoying coffee, painting by unknown artist in the Pera Museum. Public Domain, via Google Arts & Culture.