But a little tea or coffee restores them quite as much as a great deal; and a great deal of tea, and especially of coffee, impairs the little power of digestion they have.

Today, the magic bean has become a symbol of resilience and self-reliance for Africa and the Global South, bearing witness to a rising new tide from the Global South.

For example, in 1820, the German chemist Runge, discovered the caffein of coffee, and a few years after, Oudry, the French chemist, discovered the thein of tea—both crystalline bitter substances ...