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> [“Ten years after the Boston Tea Party, tea was still far more popular than coffee, which only became the more popular drink in the mid-nineteenth century. Coffee's popularity grew after the duty on imports was abolished in 1832, making it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/ten-years-after-the-boston-tea-party-tea-was-still-far-more-popular/)

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> [“March 1774 by declaring the port of Boston closed until the East India Company had been compensated for its losses. This was the first of the so-called Coercive Acts—a series of laws passed in 1774 in which the British attempted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/march-1774-by-declaring-the-port-of-boston-closed-until-the-east/)

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## More by Tom Standage

> [By tracing the careers of the four members of the Philosophical Breakfast Club, Laura Snyder has found a wonderful way not just to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/by-tracing-the-careers-of-the-four-members-of-the-philosophical/)

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> [“... civilization—a word that simply means "living in cities..." Excerpt From: Standage, Tom. “A History of the World In 6 Glasses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/civilization-a-word-that-simply-means-living-in-cities-excerpt-from/)

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> [“A billion hours ago, human life appeared on earth. A billion minutes ago, Christianity emerged. A billion seconds ago, the Beatles changed music. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/a-billion-hours-ago-human-life-appeared-on-earth-a-billion-minutes/)

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> [“Stronger! stronger! grow they all, Who for Coca-Cola call. Brighter! brighter! thinkers think, When they Coca-Cola drink. —Coca-Cola advertising slogan, 1896”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/stronger-stronger-grow-they-all-who-for-coca-cola-call-brighter/)

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> [“But an oft-heard complaint, as companies spread their tentacles around the world and compete on a global playing field, is that globalization is merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/but-an-oft-heard-complaint-as-companies-spread-their-tentacles-around/)

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> [“...people enjoy being able to articulate their interests and define themselves by selectively compiling and resharing content created by others”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/people-enjoy-being-able-to-articulate-their-interests-and-define/)

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> [“Coffeehouses were centers of self-education, literary and philosophical speculation, commercial innovation, and, in some cases, political fermentation. But above all they were clearinghouses for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/coffeehouses-were-centers-of-self-education-literary-and/)

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> [“The inclusion of lemon or lime juice in grog, made compulsory in 1795, therefore reduced the incidence of scurvy dramatically. And since beer contains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/the-inclusion-of-lemon-or-lime-juice-in-grog-made-compulsory-in-1795/)

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> [“such a social-media environment; it is merely the most recent and most efficient way that humans have found to scratch a prehistoric itch. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/such-a-social-media-environment-it-is-merely-the-most-recent-and-most/)

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> [“John Adams, by then one of the country's founding fathers, wrote to a friend: "I know not why we should blush to confess that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/john-adams-by-then-one-of-the-country-s-founding-fathers-wrote-to-a/)

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> [“This original version of Coca-Cola contained a small amount of coca extract and therefore a trace of cocaine. (It was eliminated early in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/this-original-version-of-coca-cola-contained-a-small-amount-of-coca/)

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> [“An enormous semiofficial drug-smuggling operation was established in order to improve Britain's unfavorable balance of payments with China—the direct result of the British love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/an-enormous-semiofficial-drug-smuggling-operation-was-established-in/)

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> [The Arabs understandably did everything they could to protect their monopoly. Coffee beans were treated before being shipped to ensure they were sterile and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/the-arabs-understandably-did-everything-they-could-to-protect-their/)

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> [“Ten years after the Boston Tea Party, tea was still far more popular than coffee, which only became the more popular drink in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/ten-years-after-the-boston-tea-party-tea-was-still-far-more-popular/)

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> [“Illness and death are not the only consequences of the lack of access to water; it also hinders education and economic development. Widespread illness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/illness-and-death-are-not-the-only-consequences-of-the-lack-of-access/)

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