The National Geographic News site has an article on the six drinks that changed the world, and while the list is fairly predictable (beer, wine, spirits, coffee, etc), it's still rather interesting. Right now I'm drinking tea myself so the section about that was intriguing.
But there seems to be some drinks missing from the list, like Kool-Aid. And I'm sure Postum changed the world in some way.
10-10-2005 @7:51PM Adam Lipkin said... Bob, just as an FYI, the article references Tom Standage's wonderful book of the same title. It's a great read (as is anything by Standage, although this is his first food-oriented book), and provides a great look at how history is intertwined with these drinks.
And as an Atlantan, I especially enjoyed the section on Coke, as he debunks a ton of the myths/propaganda that Coke spreads about their origins.
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10-12-2005 @1:31AM Dulce said... Given the effect that Coke and its like are having on American waist sizes and national health trends, it is well to include it here.
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10-12-2005 @1:31AM Dulce said... Given the effect that Coke and its like are having on American waist sizes and national health trends, it is well to include it in this list of 'drinks that shook the world'. The Greeks had their honeyed pheasant brains, I guess this is ours.
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