Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm

Posted by GoForThisWorld on April 15, 2010 at 17:28

Some books on coffee (such as Coffee Dates for Couples" by Janel Breitenstein, Margie Clark and Amy L. Bradford) and various web-sites (such as bit.ly/drYnaS and googling for "" bit.ly/9PL2Sz ) mention "An old Dutch saying: 'Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm.'"

Questions: What exactly is the origin of that saying? And why coffee? Why not tea or hot chocolate?

• Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm Smokey Stover 17/April/10