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Forget the myth that the Boston Tea Party sparked America’s love affair with coffee—colonists were already sipping it before the protest. Coffeehouses, the 18th century’s social media hubs, were where revolutionaries debated, shared news, and plotted change. While the Tea Party fueled anti-British sentiment and boosted coffee’s image, its rise was already underway, thanks to growing global trade and widespread availability. But here’s the twist: much of that coffee was grown through the brutal labor of enslaved people—making the drink a bitter symbol of the very injustice it seemed to challenge.

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