Contents
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Prologue
1. Colonial Diversity
2. An Essential Ingredient in American Independence
3. Tea Parties
4. Tarantula Juice
5. Cider’s Last Hurrah
6. The Most Popular Drink of the Day
7. Nature’s Perfect Food
8. The Most Delightful and Insinuating Potations
9. Unfermented Wine
10. The Temperance Beverage
11. To Root Out a Bad Habit
12. Youth Beverages
13. Judgment of Paris
14. The Only Proper Drink for Man
15. The Coffee Experience
Epilogue
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
