John Billings wrote in Hardtack and Coffee, “drunk my pint or so of coffee, and felt as fresh and invigorated as if just arisen from a night’s sound sleep!” In this episode, a bracing kettle of coffee is prepared with directions from the Hospital Stewards Manual. Fill up your cup while you watch so you can taste and smell the coffee further adding to your connection with history.

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Vol. VII, Episode 7 Coffee for Ten Men