Considering the amount of labor goes into growing beans, curing them, and sending them all over the world:
I don’t know what the fuck else could be the definition of a luxury, but that’s a fucking luxury to have the result of a plant that mostly grows in the tropics readily available to be purchased and used at supermarkets worldwide.
Like, when East India Tea company ruled the waves, did people not think tea was a luxury? Because same deal, the amount of labor involved was gargantuan. It was absolutely the definition of a luxury.
Just because capitalism has made it “cheap” means nothing.
Nah, Danny is spot on: A good cup of coffee at the right time can be pretty luxurious.
Considering the amount of labor goes into growing beans, curing them, and sending them all over the world:
I don’t know what the fuck else could be the definition of a luxury, but that’s a fucking luxury to have the result of a plant that mostly grows in the tropics readily available to be purchased and used at supermarkets worldwide.
Like, when East India Tea company ruled the waves, did people not think tea was a luxury? Because same deal, the amount of labor involved was gargantuan. It was absolutely the definition of a luxury.
Just because capitalism has made it “cheap” means nothing.
Just wait until climate change kills the vast majority of coffee crops. That’ll probably remind people that it’s a luxury.
That’s gonna remind people a whole lot of shit is a luxury.
like breathing fresh air, and a remarkable lack of knives in your ribcage.
Like tap water and plumbing.