Craving a caffeine high

SMU opens Java City on campus as coffee houses battle to attract sutdents off the Hilltop

By Melissa Cooper
Contributing Writer
January 16, 2003

Before the Boston Tea Party, tea was the popular drink. However, when taxes from England increased the price of tea, the people of Boston protested. Instead of drinking tea, they began to drink coffee. Every since that time we have been drinking coffee more than ever.
Coffee drinking appears to be on the rise, and this might not be a fad. The Dallas Morning News recently wrote an article about a specific new trend in cold coffee. In a Sept. 4 article, staff writer Teresa Gubbins says we have a "love affair with hot coffee." She explains the escalation in coffee consumption is a result of the new, cool coffee options.

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