Are there any American native crops that supply caffeine?? Even cocaine comes from south of the border. Where are we gonna get our uppers? Guess we’ll all just have to switch to meth.
I have some hilarious allergies and yes! And you probably have heard of it, 3 closely related species of caffeinated holly, in South America it’s called mate, in Central America it’s called guayusa, and in North America it’s called Yaupon. The British had to spread a rumor it caused vomiting.
North American Indians drank it like tea and for ceremonies, they mixed in hallucinogenic mushrooms so they could dance all night whilst tripping. That’s why the Latin scientific name is Ilex vomitoria, colonists were foregoing taxed tea and coffee for native drinks so the British had to stop that
Black drink ceremony was a pre-war ritual that often included drinking enough yaupon to induce vomiting, due to a combination of the bitterness and caffeine overdose.
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