Introduction

Coffee is an industry raking in tens of billions of dollars all over the world each year. America's love of coffee isn't new; we've been drinking it since before we were even a country. During the American Revolutionary War, colonies faced major food shortages. A Boston merchant by the name of Thomas Boylston decided to price gouge his loyal customers on the coffee that they drank each day. The women who frequented his shop didn't take kindly to such an egregious abuse of his position and took matters into their own hands.