I used to think you had to be 18 to drink coffee, just like you have to be 21 (in America) to drink alcohol. My reasoning for this was that I only saw adults drinking coffee when I was a young girl, and I thought that if a kid drank it he or she would get punished or even arrested. Now as a high school senior, seeing how many of my peers are hooked on Starbucks, I'm beginning to think that wouldn't be a bad idea! (Fortunately for me, I've always despised coffee.)
A childhood belief about drinks
others believed things like this
- I always thought there was a drinking age for coffee, because it was an adult drink like beer and wine.Anon
- I used to think that adults drank coffee because the bad taste would wake them up.Anon
- I used to think it was illegal for children to drink coffee— C.W.
- until 12 yo i thought buying and drinking coffee was illegal when you were under 18:) — smarty
- I used to believe that if you drank coffee before you were an adult, your skin would turn gray. Anon
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon