Statistics show that over 90% of American adults consume caffeine. It has become such a normal everyday part of people's lives that it's difficult to imagine it as something that played a huge role in shaping the very society that we live in. Caffeine has been consumed by humans for thousands of years, long before recorded history. In this episode we discuss what caffeine is, how it evolved into coffee and how coffee played a huge role in creating modern societyal structures. From the development of economics, politics, science & ethics; coffee was right there every step of the way.