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File:Hellcuppa.jpg|link=Hellcuppa|'''''[[Hellcuppa]]''''' is a 1987 British supernatural horror film about a mystical coffee cup which summons the Caffobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between caffeinated and decaffeinated.
File:Hellcuppa.jpg|link=Hellcuppa|'''''[[Hellcuppa]]''''' is a 1987 British supernatural horror film about a mystical coffee cup which summons the Caffobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between caffeinated and decaffeinated.


File:Postum Scorchin BBQ.jpg|link=Postum Scorchin BBQ|'''''[[Postum Scorchin BBQ]]''''' is a barbeque-flavored version of the instant coffee substitute Postum.
File:Postum Scorchin BBQ.jpg|link=Postum Scorchin BBQ|'''[[Postum Scorchin BBQ]]''' is a barbeque-flavored version of the instant coffee substitute Postum.


File:Steeping Beauty.jpg|link=Steeping Beauty|'''''[[Steeping Beauty]]''''' is a classic fairy tale about a princess who is cursed by an evil fairy to sleep until a cup of tea is fully steeped.
File:Steeping Beauty.jpg|link=Steeping Beauty|'''''[[Steeping Beauty]]''''' is a classic fairy tale about a princess who is cursed by an evil fairy to sleep until a cup of tea is fully steeped.
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* ''[[Helljabber]]''
* ''[[Helljabber]]''
* [[Now Playing (Bayeswatch)]]
* [[Now Playing (Bayeswatch)]]
* ''[[Postum Scorchin BBQ]]''
* [[Postum Scorchin BBQ]]
* [[Quilted Northern Luxury Tea]]
* [[Quilted Northern Luxury Tea]]
* ''[[Steeping Beauty]]''
* ''[[Steeping Beauty]]''

Revision as of 12:05, 28 December 2022

Earliest known edition of The Postum Man.

The Postum Man is a 1984 post-coffee dystopia science fiction novel by David Brin about a man wandering the desolate Oregon countryside who finds a coffee maker, which he puts to use brewing coffee substitutes. His brewing service and claims about the return of coffeehouses give hope to the people, who are threatened by a murderous, decaffeinated latte militia.

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