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Originally Posted by BigWalleye

The tobacco and alcohol, yes. But they'd never have noticed the lack of coffee. The word "coffee" in Britain refers to a beverage most Americans wouldn't recognize. Although legend has it that it is made from coffee beans.

Actually they did and made do with 'ersatz coffee' of every description: In Britain, this was additionally popularised as an adjective from the experiences of thousands of U.S., British, and other English-speaking combat personnel, primarily airmen, who were captured in the European Theatre of operations during World War II. These Allied POW's were given ersatz goods such as Ersatzkaffee, an inferior Getreidekaffee or "grain coffee" as a coffee substitute by their German captors also known as Mucke**** possibly from the French "mocca faux".. In WWII, Acorns were used to make coffee... or toast chicory or rice...I can't start the day without a cuppa joe ritually ground be me from whole Arabica French roast beans in my Krupp coffee maker... WAR is HEll !! http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaffee%C3%A4hnliches_Getr%C3%A4nk