Tea and the Revolution

As a nice counterbalance to yesterday's post about coffee and the revolution, check out Cup of Tea's post on Tea and Independence. 

Looks like we were surfing in tandem yesterday, Cindy! Coffee and tea both played important roles in the birth of our independent nation. 

I wonder where chocolate fits in.  No chocolate-spurred revolutions anywhere?

Comments

[Cindy W.]

I read your blog yesterday and thought the same thing -- we must have been on the same wavelength. Great minds think alike! :)

By the way, my favorite beat song is "Twisted," by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross (sometimes they're listed as jazz, but I first heard "Twisted" on a beat collection). I don't remember any references to coffee or tea, but certainly it was performed in plenty of coffee houses!

[Cindy W.]

Oh, forgot to add. . .

I bet that chocolate played a huge, but perhaps unnoticed, part in the fight for women's rights. Certainly there must have been hot cocoa passed around during cold protest marches, and I bet there were a few candy bars munched before and after the burning of bras.

I was the first girl to play on a "boy's baseball team" in my home town (early 70s), and peanut M&Ms definitely helped me make it through some tough times.

Women and chocolate have a long and supportive relationship. :)

[Christine]

Oh! Of course!! LOL, why didn't I think of that, seeing as how I'm PMSing bigtime right now. Chocolate is a girl's best friend. :))