Comment by squigz
We've also been drinking coffee for a long, long time.
We've also been drinking coffee for a long, long time.
Plus it isn't true that we've been drinking coffee for a long, long time.
Wikipedia:
> There is no confirmed evidence, either historical or archaeological, of coffee as a [missing word?] being consumed before the 15th century.
It's basically infinitesimal in comparison to almost everything else we eat or drink.
(Also, an unknown point in the 15th century could be less than 600 years ago.)
To be pedantic, we've also been prescribing opioids since Ancient Sumer, 8,000 years ago.