Hot Drinks

I’ve been reading a book about the history of s*x. It’s been very interesting. There was a chapter about anaphrodesiacs - foods that decrease drive. There was a huge push back in the day to keep yourself from stimulation as much as possible. Anyhow, in this chapter it talked about all of the measures that folks would go to in the 1800s in order to keep themselves from getting excited, and guess what some scholars suggested at the time? Refraining from hot drinks. Yes, those two exact words were used in the book. It was believed for many years that heat in and of itself ignited your libido.

Just made me wonder if this was another reason old Joe threw “hot drinks” into the mix.

Edit: The name of the book is A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister