Have you ever wondered if you’ve been enjoying your Sasquatch Coffee just a little too much? Looking back in history we can easily find brilliant people who had an enthusiastic relationship with the their Cups of Joe, so maybe you’re on the right track with your passion for coffee. Beethoven was said to have once asked the question, in the image above, wryly after frightening away an unwelcome companion. Read about genius’ numbered four and five from The Huffington Post’s 9 Famous Geniuses Who Were Also Huge Coffee Addicts, below.
4. Voltaire is said to have drunk 40-50 cups of coffee a day.
Voltaire, the famous satirist who wrote “Candide,” is perhaps one of the most avid coffee addicts in history. He reportedly consumed somewhere between 40 and 50 cups of joe a day, apparently of a chocolate-coffee mixture. He lived into his eighties, though his doctor warned him that his beloved coffee would kill him.
5. Søren Kierkegaard took his coffee with approximately 30 sugar cubes, give or take a giant scoop.
Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard was quite particular about his coffee preparations, piling a mountain of sugar into his cup, then pouring black coffee in to dissolve it. He also had 50 different coffee cups, and he would ask his secretary to select one, and give a valid philosophical reason for his choice. The above quote is from his personal writings.
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