The World in Six Glasses
Subject:
World History [1]
Caffeine…Sugar…Alcohol… In the modern era, these three ingredients are highly prevalent in the most popular beverages. Since the Neolithic Era, the first beverages were produced as a safe alternative to contaminated, disease-ridden water supplies. As these drinks gained popularity in its society and time era, these beverages were often implemented into society, as they were used in religious rituals, trade, politics, art, and philosophy. With this, such beverages like beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola can thoroughly describe the society each drink took place in, as their deep integration within the economy, government, and social life can clearly illustrate its time era.