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sessl t1_ivho62e wrote

>Discontinued circa 1920 due to excessive demand

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toothofjustice t1_ivjwavn wrote

Cocaine tea was (still is???) Used to help fight altitude sickness. It's tea made with leaves from the coca plant.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca_tea

I learned about this when learning about the origins of Bullet Coffee. The creator was convinced it was the Magic Yak butter they put in his tea that made him feel better when climbing a mountain. It was probably just a little cocaine.

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andre5913 t1_ivk4e0f wrote

Coca tea is literally just a bit of an energizer. As in, a cup is weaker than half a redbull.

Its not even remotely comparable to the drug. To make a gram of cocaine you need almost an entire tree's worth of leaves.

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