Coffee was first banned in Mecca in 1511 because leaders believed it stimulated radical thinking.
In 16th century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be "satanic" like a good and fun things are. However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee illegitimately baptized in 1600.
In 1623 Ottoman leader Murad IV took it even further when he ascended the throne by creating the first punishments for drinking coffee, which included beatings for the first offence being thrown into the sea tied to leather for second..
In 1746, the Swedish government gave it shot and made it illegal to even have coffee paraphernalia, including cups and dishes.
And finally, in 1777, Frederick the Great of Prussia issued a manifesto declaring beer's superiority over coffee because he believed it interfered with the country's beer consumption.
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