In another post I stated that coffee spread around the world to all countries, but that England preferred tea over coffee. During the 1600s that was not the case. London was buying more coffee during that time than any other city in the world. But that was robbing the tea industry so the government did what it could to shift the English people back into loving tea, not coffee and they pretty much succeeded.
Here are some interesting facts about Voltaire, Balzac, and Bach:
Voltaire is reputed to have drank at least fifty cups of coffee per day. Balzac drank coffee in excess to inspire his writings. And Johann Bach composed a cantata to ridicule those who were trying to suppress coffee use in his country.
source of this information: National Geographic
