Greg Jenner
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Right, okay. So where does Britain muscle in to this history?
Right, okay. So where does Britain muscle in to this history?
Right.
Right.
OK, so we've had some pretty horrible history there. Let's try and be a little cheerier. Sophie, when do you think America fell in love with their cup of joe, the US? What do you think their kind of inciting moment is where they go, hang on a second, we're coffee drinkers?
OK, so we've had some pretty horrible history there. Let's try and be a little cheerier. Sophie, when do you think America fell in love with their cup of joe, the US? What do you think their kind of inciting moment is where they go, hang on a second, we're coffee drinkers?
Oh, you've gone late?
Oh, you've gone late?
You've gone, okay, so you're like 1880s.
You've gone, okay, so you're like 1880s.
Okay, fine. If I say to you, Boston Tea Party. No. You just reject that outright. No.
Okay, fine. If I say to you, Boston Tea Party. No. You just reject that outright. No.
So you've gone too early now, I think, maybe. Or maybe you haven't. Jonathan, the Boston Tea Party is obviously in the 1770s.
So you've gone too early now, I think, maybe. Or maybe you haven't. Jonathan, the Boston Tea Party is obviously in the 1770s.
As a patriotic act.
As a patriotic act.
So the American Civil War was in the 1860s, obviously. And this extraordinary thing, soldiers' diaries mention the word coffee more than the word bullet or rifle. We also have a soldier called Lieutenant Colonel Walter King. It's a soldier in Missouri Cavalry Regiment who designs a rifle which has got an inbuilt coffee grinder.
So the American Civil War was in the 1860s, obviously. And this extraordinary thing, soldiers' diaries mention the word coffee more than the word bullet or rifle. We also have a soldier called Lieutenant Colonel Walter King. It's a soldier in Missouri Cavalry Regiment who designs a rifle which has got an inbuilt coffee grinder.
If you can install a coffee grinder into any everyday item, what would you go for? Put you on the spot.
If you can install a coffee grinder into any everyday item, what would you go for? Put you on the spot.