Yeah. The actual intent probably was just “how drugs impact the geometry of orb spider webs.”
It’s the writing error sort I make before I’ve had enough coffee … to pull this back to subject! 
Especially freshly ground coffee.
As one Tropes article dealing with coffee put it (in a now-deleted comment)
“You know that wonderful smell that wafts out of a bag of ground coffee? That’s the taste of your coffee escaping into the air instead of going into your cup.”
The bitter flavors apparently are much less volitile.
I also hate the taste but like the smell. I wouldn’t light a scented candle with coffee smell but I find it pleasant when it’s around.
That made me chuckle.
One of my big go-to desserts is pecan pie with black coffee.
Put me down as another that likes the smell, but not the taste, unless it’s in ice cream.
you “might” like 360 ice cream at Whole Foods, it contains frozen coffee shards in it
There are accounts of the importance of coffee to U.S. troops fighting to hold Guadalcanal agaiinst the Japanese in WWII, including a reference in one of Ian Toll’s books to coffee “soothing their jangled nerves” - when you’d suspect the opposite effect.
Caffeine has been found to have a calming effect on some people with ADHD. If you subscribe to the notion that almost all young adults have some traits of that disorder, then those Marines were the perfect demographic.
I remember soap operas back in the 60’s and 70’s. They were sedate shows compared to what they became later, everyone was always sitting around the kitchen table gossiping over coffee. We used to laugh, there’s Pat and John having coffee again!
My daughter drinks coffee, she has ADHD and it actually makes her sleepy. ??? Wired, but yawning.
In the 30s and 40s radio forerunners of those soap operas, the drink of choice was lemonade or iced tea, which was easily represented via the sound of ice clinking in a pitcher. (Fun fact: the producers used coal, because real ice would melt.)
That’s a pretty typical ADHD reaction to caffeine. Wanna wake up? Sugar. Wanna go to sleep? Caffeine.
Possibly related to the paradoxical effect of Ritalin on children with hyperactive disorder; that is, adding stimulant can induce a sort of overload that short-circuits the constant state of nervousness and agitation. Also why nicotine-laden cigarettes were said to calm one’s nerves .
That’s still standard in full service restaurants, i.e. any restaurant where they seat you and bring everything to your table as the meal progresses.
In my experience the quality of coffee served by restaurants–even very expensive ones-- is unreliable, so I always ask for cream and sugar just in case. At home, though, I always drink my coffee plain.
They do in Canadian diners. I remember one 24-hour joint where the waitress would circle every fifteen minutes or so with a full pot. “Anybody like more coffee?” You may have had one coffee on your bill, but really, you could have as much as you liked for the price of one.
For that matter, I recall a sign I once saw at the local horse racing book (an OTB). Understand that the book also has a few dozen slot machines, for those who want to gamble, but don’t understand horse racing. Anyway, the sign said:
Coffee: $2.50
For slot players: $1.00
For horse players: Free
As a horse player, I always appreciated that.
Somebody upthread mentioned that coffee was supposed to sober one up, and that may help to explain why Rob and Laura Petrie would return from a party at 11 pm and put on the coffee. As I recall, there was a “Happy Days” episode, early in the series, where Richie and Potsie go to a bachelor party, and Richie returns home as drunk as it’s possible to be and still stagger on two feet. Howard instructs Marion to put on the coffee, and basically forces Richie to drink as much coffee as possible, in an attempt to sober him up.
Maybe that’s part of the answer anyway.
I never saw that in Europe, neither for coffee nor for anything else, except tap water in Spain, where it was customary by tradition and now, since 8th april 2022, it is mandatory by law for all bars and restaurants, no matter the category. They may still offer expensive bottled water, but they must also offer tap water for free. Link in Spanish. The law is called Law on Residues and Contaminated Soil for a Circular Economy 7/2022 and aims at reducing waste, in this case bottles and cans.
I remember free refills for soft drinks in German Ikea restaurants, but it’s been a long time since I last was at Ikea and don’t know if they still offer it.
Why would they want to sober up at 11 p.m. instead of going straight to bed to sleep it off?