On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:57:38 -0600 Kenneth Allen <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> Coffee would have been around in paloelithic times, wouldn't it have?
> Perhpas not in Mr. Coffee's across the land, but the trees must have
> been
> around and some shaman I'm sure brewed some up in some potion or
> another.
>
Ardeith writes:
In North America, Ilex vomitoria.... a holly...is the only plant
I've found that contains caffeine........the native tribes used
this to make a very strong brew that would cause the
purging required for various religious rites.   In a milder
version, the leaves of this plant can be used for a
tea-like brew that stimulates much as coffee does.....
..........seems to my memory that various species of
holly grow in Europe and may have provided the
same effect for our Paleo ancestors..............

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