'Catherine' (under 16) from Snoquamlie, in the USA, writes:
I think this article is disgraceful. I personally LOVE COFFEE! You bastards in England think just because you started drinking coffee first, that you can talk crap about coffee all you want. The person who wrote this article has an MD!!!! An MD for christsake!!!!! Shouldn't people who went to colledge to get an MD be more open-minded about stuff like this, but his arcticle (sic) was very narrow minded and thinks he can write whatever he wants just because he has an MD!!! You mutherfuckers should go to hell and be forced to drink the stuff you happen to hate some much.

Needless to add, the highly literate author of this outburst is an AOL user. Who else would spell 'college' with a 'd'? Enough said we think.

'Susan', from Wiltshire, in the UK, writes: In this article Mercy Dannenberg has produced another fine thesis in her usual high standard. The accompanying illustration is wonderful too — a perfect accompaniment. If I had not already read it so many times, I would sit down right now and read it with my cup of coffee...