“Despite John Adams claiming a newfound patriotic duty to appreciate #coffee, colonists had been drinking lots of coffee all along.

McDonald studied advertisements from the 1760s and '70s to estimate how many shops sold coffee versus #tea.
Even before the Boston Tea Party, she says, "coffee is definitely more broadly available than tea is."
A big reason? It was cheaper.”
#histodons

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/03/nx-s1-5845436/coffee-july-4-colonies-america-250-1776-boston-tea-party