Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ascoma
(noun) an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle
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14 June 2025
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.