Coffee: Spiritual or Not?

Just me, but I really don't think of coffee as being spiritual.

It seems more yang to tea's yin.

Maybe it's strange that an Amerikaner from the Midwest should be more of a tea-drinker, but that's how I am.

I do sometimes drink coffee, though, for social reasons, and sometimes for carnal reasons (e.g., delicious young flower of manhood at the coffee-sampling table), but can't think of any spiritual associations.

@caesar-salad

coffee was suggested as being incorrect by the prophet joseph smith. one might drink it but it was advised to be unhealthful as the "taking of a hot drink". in about 1920's or so the then prophet
of the mormon church, president woodruff, if i recall correctly, made the omission of coffee a fully proscribed drink. this is found in what is known as the "word of wisdom" ( doctrine and covenants scripture ). it was thought that it was the caffeine that
was the harmful incident but latter-day saints drink many drinks that contain caffeine so the church has opined that it is the tannin in the coffee that is the poor element in the drink.

some say, and i state only "some" believe that the 1920's era
full banning of coffee had more to do with the church view that
mormon people needed to segregated further from the gentile population and the forbiddance of coffee was a cultural icon
to seperate the mormon from the gentile.

in older times the "coffee table" in the lds home was sometimes
known as the "postum table" as postum was a popular substitute
for coffee. you can still find postum for sale in almost every grocery store in america in the coffee aisle.

never had any postum.

@mister-moggy said
@caesar-salad

coffee was suggested as being incorrect by the prophet joseph smith. one might drink it but it was advised to be unhealthful as the "taking of a hot drink". in about 1920's or so the then prophet
of the mormon church, president woodruff, if i recall correctly, made the omission of coffee a fully proscribed drink. this is found in what is known as ...[text shortened]... stum for sale in almost every grocery store in america in the coffee aisle.

never had any postum.

@caesar-salad said
Thank you! I did not know that.

In my younger days (1970s) I did have Postum (and liked it!) as a non-caffeinated coffee substitute), but not for LDS reasons.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
3 cat avatars in a row.

That's no coincidence.

All hail the miracles of coffee!!!

-Removed-

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Spooky.

😲

@caesar-salad said
Just me, but I really don't think of coffee as being spiritual.

It seems more yang to tea's yin.

Maybe it's strange that an Amerikaner from the Midwest should be more of a tea-drinker, but that's how I am.

I do sometimes drink coffee, though, for social reasons, and sometimes for carnal reasons (e.g., delicious young flower of manhood at the coffee-sampling table), but can't think of any spiritual associations.

@mchill said
I really don't think of coffee as being spiritual.

@mchill said
Though most in my area, The Pacific Northwest (Home of Microsoft and Starbucks) where tech nerds and bookworms reign supreme, see coffee a divine thing.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
And yet your avatar is a pot of coffee.

@caesar-salad said
Just me, but I really don't think of coffee as being spiritual.

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@rookie54 said
i may live to regret this
i did not do this six years ago

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@caesar-salad said
Just me, but I really don't think of coffee as being spiritual.

It seems more yang to tea's yin.

Maybe it's strange that an Amerikaner from the Midwest should be more of a tea-drinker, but that's how I am.

I do sometimes drink coffee, though, for social reasons, and sometimes for carnal reasons (e.g., delicious young flower of manhood at the coffee-sampling table), but can't think of any spiritual associations.