Michelle Craig McDonald

“"The first documented example of a mortar and pestle used to grind coffee beans was on the Mayflower" in 1620, says historian Michelle Craig McDonald, the author of Coffee Nation: How One Commodity T…”

“The first coffeehouse in the colonies opened in 1676 in Boston, a century before the U.S. declared independence, she says.”

“She studied advertisements from the 1760s and '70s to estimate how many shops sold coffee versus tea. Even before the Boston Tea Party, she says, "coffee is definitely more broadly available than tea…”

“The first documented example of a mortar and pestle used to grind coffee beans was on the Mayflower" in 1620”

“The first coffeehouse in the colonies opened in 1676 in Boston”