Coffee might have the 1773 Boston Tea Party to thank for its U.S. popularity. After the colonists protested British taxation by dumping tea into Boston Harbor, some made a point of shunning tea and turning to coffee instead.
Kaffi kann takka 1773 Boston Tea Party fyri popularitetin í U.S.Eftir at niðursetufólkið mótmælti bretska tollin við at søkkja te í havnina í Boston, vendu fólk sær ímóti te og fóru at drekka kaffi ístaðin.