First there was Cocaine the energy drink. Now there's Meth coffee. The new coffee shop in San Francisco offers high-caffeine coffee that includes yerba mate, a natural stimulant used by shamans in the Amazon for increased energy and more of a philosophical buzz.. I'm not sure I buy all that, but I don't drink coffee, either.
"Meth Coffee" was created by an anarchist and conspiracy theorist who goes by the name "The Roaster." Seems somewhat silly to me, but I guess we'll see where the concept takes him.
1. Branding coffee after a destructive drug like crystal meth is the height of cynicism and insensitivity. I'm sure all those people who have been affected by meth abuse will be sure to see this as just another light-hearted approach to the misery they've suffered in their lives.
Posted at 7:35PM on Jan 19th 2007 by Phil