Posted by Robert Hill on July 17, 1998 at 12:21:41:
In Reply to: WHY: were children allowed to drink tea? posted by Canucky on July 16, 1998 at 22:46:19:
Why not?
Even coffee is mentioned occasionally! For example, the D's
encounter a man selling coffee (in returnable cups) on the frozen lake.
But they didn't drink coffee regularly because modern instant coffee
didn't exist, or if it did it was not yet common in Britain.
A liquid coffee essence known as "Camp Coffee" may have existed then.
It still existed when I was a child, but tasted horrible.