🔗 Gustav III of Sweden's Coffee Experiment

🔗 Medicine 🔗 Food and drink 🔗 Sweden 🔗 Food and drink/Beverages

Gustav III of Sweden's coffee experiment was a twin study ordered by the king to study the health effects of coffee. Although the authenticity of the event has been questioned, the experiment, which was conducted in the second half of the 18th century, failed to prove that coffee was a dangerous beverage.