Timeline for I need a source of a psychoactive drug or substance in a fantasy world (no magic)?
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| Mar 2, 2018 at 22:17 | history | edited | MichaelK | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 18, 2017 at 6:43 | comment | added | user11599 | ACTUALLY I was once served 'green coffee', which was obtained by soaking green (unroasted) unground coffee beans in cold water for awhile. A roasting business did that to remove some of the caffeine from the beans and later roasted the beans as decaf. The soak water actually wasn't that bad (didn't taste like coffee. It tasted just like Mate) and was loaded with caffeine. So early coffee users didn't really need to roast or grind the beans. | |
| Nov 17, 2017 at 18:09 | comment | added | Mazura | And they're miners so they sweeten it with lead and become demented which is frowned upon. | |
| Nov 17, 2017 at 16:33 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | Considering the place where the coffee bush originated, it can very well be that "roasted berries" (read berries remaining after a fire) would be readily available. And those smell really good | |
| Nov 17, 2017 at 14:00 | comment | added | AndyD273 | A story I read had the discovery as such; a goat herder is out with his flock, and notices that his goats start to get really frisky after eating the coffee berries. He is in the middle of nowhere with only a lot of goats to keep him entertained, and so he decides to investigate why these berries affect his goats like this. So he begins to experiment, first eating the berries but not the seeds, and nothing. So he tries the seeds and there is something, but it's not a good experience. He tries boiling the seeds in a tea, but it's not great. He roasts them, and grinds them, and coffee is born. | |
| Nov 17, 2017 at 13:36 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | About the how someone can think of this: if a fire burns the bush of coffee at the right time, you just need a nose to smell the aroma. Then it's just a matter of improving the recipe | |
| Nov 17, 2017 at 13:24 | history | answered | MichaelK | CC BY-SA 3.0 |