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# TWIL #108 - When coffee was illegal
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/twil-108-when-coffee-was-illegal/
- Published: 2026-02-14T12:32:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-14T12:32:35.000Z
- Author: Matt
- Tags: TWIL

Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days. I usually find these while I'm putting my weekly newsletter together but somehow, they don't quite fit! 

This week I learned that a various points in history, coffee was illegal - and even punishable by DEATH! Nowadays of course, it just tries to make us bankrupt... 

[4 times drinking coffee was illegal—or even punishable by deathRulers once closed cafés, burned beans, and even executed someone—all for a cup of coffee.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/icon/cropped-favicon-ps-FE5102-1-1.png)Popular ScienceAnne Ewbank![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/thumbnail/when-was-coffee-banned-in-history.jpg)](https://www.popsci.com/health/coffee-ban-history/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)

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