Tom Standage Quotes

Although It Is No Longer Customary To Offer Visitors A Straw Through Which To Drink From A Communal Vat Of Beer, Today Tea Or Coffee May Be Offered From A Shared Pot, Or A Glass Of Wine Or Spirits From A Shared Bottle. And When Drinking Alcohol In A Social Setting, The Clinking Of Glasses Symbolically Reunites The Glasses Into A Single Vessel Of Shared Liquid. These Are Traditions With Very Ancient Origins.

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