"Julie Bove" wrote in message ...


"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 25 May 2014 11:03:29 -0500, barbie gee >
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>>> On Sat, 24 May 2014, Mark Thorson wrote:
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>>> > They're Mormons, so no coffee gadgets.
>>>
>>> Mormons don't drink coffee?
>>>
>>> What about tea? There's lots of tea gadgets.
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>> I think it's the caffeine they're supposed to stay away from. Giving
>> Mormons gadgets for tea instead of coffee would be like giving
>> Jehovah's Witnesses wine glasses instead of cocktail glasses.
>
> Hot drinks are eschewed by Moromns not so much caffeine.

No. It's the caffeine. My Chiropractor is Mormon and he tells people to
drink hot water with lemon in it.
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When Mormons were instructed not to drink coffee and tea, they had no idea
what caffeine was. Coffee and tea were forbidden because they were not
locally produced and thus required interaction with outsiders.