History Main / Uncoffee

** Obviously, she has never tried tea.

* Having to rely on coffee substitutes (called ''[[CaptainErsatz Ersatzkaffee]]'' or ''[[InherentlyFunnyWords Muckefuck]]'') was also necessary in WestGermany of the post-[[WorldWarII war]] era, as well as in EastGermany during TheSeventies.

** In the ''StarTrekVanguard'' book ''Precipice'', Diego Reyes tries raktajino, and quickly concludes that it's ''nothing'' like coffee. Which is odd because DS9 established that raktajino ''is'' coffee, just as a klingon variant of the drink in addition to the myriad of terran styles.
*** Maybe what he meant was that it didn't taste like Earth coffee. I could see someone who liked unadulterated Earth coffee making that complaint about heavily modified coffee, whether it was the ProudWarriorRaceGuy take on the drink or just a fancy coffee drink from Earth.

* The StarWarsExpandedUniverse has "caf tea", or "coffeine" or "caffa" or just "caf", depending on the writer, since most of them don't like or haven't bothered looking up the words already coined. It's a big universe and these all might be distinct beverages or brands, but even so. And [[XWingSeries oratay]], which is apparently rare. Averted with the highly exotic drink ''[[EverythingsBetterWithChocolate hot chocolate]]''.
** One ''Jedi Apprentice'' book mentions "kopi tea", which is hilarious when you know [[BilingualBonus "kopi" is Malay for "coffee"]].

* In The Blitz, Britons had a similar problem with obtaining coffee (although [[SpotOfTea other drinks]] were more of a problem [[SeriousBusiness when they became unavailable]]). This may be the reason for the popularity of instant coffee in present day Briton.
* FrederickTheGreat liked coffee boiled in champagne. Yeah, [[SymbolicBlood red wine]] would have been more appropriate but that is what he preferred.

** A piece of ''Warhammer 40k'' fluff had the Imperial Guard drinking "Recycled caffeine" at an outpost before they were massacred by the Tyranids (again). Probably as much a lampshading of their status as professional cannon fodder and terrible equipment as an example of this trope. It isn't stated what it is, but given this is from the administration that gave you 'Soylens Viridians' it's probably better not to ask.

** In the ''StarTrekVanguard'' book ''Precipice'', Diego Reyes tries raktajino, and quickly concludes that it's ''nothing'' like coffee.
*** Which is odd because DS9 established that raktajino ''is'' coffee, just as a klingon variant of the drink in addition to the myriad of terran styles.

* In The Blitz, Britons had a similar problem with obtaining coffee (although [[spotOfTea other drinks]] were more of a problem [[SeriousBusiness when they became unavailable]]). This may be the reason for the popularity of instant coffee in present day Briton.

* In The Blitz, Britons had a similar problem with obtaining coffee (although [[CupOfTea other drinks]] were more of a problem [[SeriousBuisiness when they became unavailable]]). This may be the reason for the popularity of instant coffee in present day Briton.

* In Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy, everyone in Cenaria drinks Ootai.

* In BraveNewWorld, one nurse is told to go relax and have a cup of caffeine solution. (Bearing in mind that Huxley was English, this probably means tea rather than coffee.) Doesn't that sound pleaseant?
* In Naamah's Kiss, it is tremendously fashionable for D'Angeline nobles to drink ''khav'', which is described as a bitter drink from Jebe-Barkal (the FantasyCounterpartCulture of Ethiopia.)

* The crew of ''StarTrekVoyager'' tried on several occasions to find native substitutes for coffee, none of which came even remotely close. Given the captain's raging case of MustHaveCaffeine (and the poor quality of replicated coffee), this became a problem on more than one occasion...

* The crew of ''StarTrekVoyager'' tried on several occasions to find native substitutes for coffee, none of which came even remotely close. Given the captain's raging case of MustHaveCaffeine, this became a problem on more than one occasion...

* In the ''Doc Sidhe'' novels by AaronAllston, the fair world equivalent of coffee is a bitter chocolate based drink named ''xioc'' (or, with milk, "''xioc au lait''"...). It takes some getting used to for the characters originally from Earth.

* In {{Dune}} they drink coffee flavored with [[SpaceSpice melange]], which makes perfect sense for [[SpaceJews Space Arabs]].[[spoiler:* :For the uninitiated, real Arabs--and Turks, for that matter--tend to add spices, particularly cardamom, to their coffee.]]

*In {{Dune}} they drink coffee flavored with [[SpaceSpice melange]], which makes perfect sense for [[SpaceJews Space Arabs]].

[[AC: RealLife]]

*There are a wide variety of variations to or replacements for coffee as any visitor to Starbucks knows.
** See TheOtherWiki's list of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_substitute coffee substitutes]].
* During TheAmericanCivilWar, Lincoln cut off the South's access to coffee supplies. Desperate, the Confederacy tried to make substitutes of anything that they could get their hands on. This included faux-coffee made from chicory, roasted dandelion root, and toasted grain, best of all. Worst of all being ''acorns''.
*FrederickTheGreat liked coffee boiled in champagne. Yeah, [[SymbolicBlood red wine]] would have been more appropriate but that is what he preferred.