Tom Standage

Quotes

• “Ten years after the Boston Tea Party, tea was still far more popular than coffee, which only became the more popular dri...”
• “During the first millennium BCE, even the beer-loving Mesopotamians turned their backs on beer, which was dethroned as t...”
• “But [Coca-Cola] was also genuinely welcomed by the servicemen in far-flung military bases: Coca-Cola reminded them of ho...”
• “... civilization—a word that simply means "living in cities..."Excerpt From: Standage, Tom. “A History of the World In 6...”