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Honoré de Balzac On Coffee – A Terrible And Cruel Method

The Icarian Posted on February 19, 2026 by adminFebruary 19, 2026

Coffee was central to prolific French writer Honoré de Balzac’s method of working. Balzac is said to have consumed as many as 50 cups of coffee per day. It’s not surprising then that coffee may have played a significant role … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, culture, history, writers, writing | Tagged "Blazac’s Treatise on Modern Stimulants", Brillat-Savarin, coffee, France, Honoré de Balzac, Kassy Hayden, The Physiology of Taste, writer, writing

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  • Honoré de Balzac On Coffee – A Terrible And Cruel Method February 19, 2026
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  • Martial Law Would End America As We Know It October 16, 2025
  • Honoré de Balzac – The Human Comedy: Books That Killed Their Authors #8 September 9, 2025
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  • What’s Going On With Shipping? Better Watch Sal April 30, 2025
  • Split Size Shoe Orders and Tariffs – Beating The Tax On My Feet April 15, 2025
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  • Truman Capote – Answered Prayers: Books That Killed Their Authors #7 February 2, 2025
  • The Last Weekend Of The United States January 18, 2025
  • Design For Disaster – The 1961 Bel Air Conflagration January 17, 2025
  • Franz Kafka – A Hunger Artist: Books That Killed Their Authors #6 January 6, 2025
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In the United Kingdom, billionaire pedophiles get arrested. In the United States they get tax breaks.

20 February 2026 @ 7:40 pm

Dear World,
We’re sorry Grandpa’s babysitters lost him again and he grabbed the people with the video cameras and threatened you.
He’s back with the sitters and we’re begging Congress to stop this madness.
With our deepest embarrassment and apology,
The United States of America

20 February 2026 @ 7:32 pm

Honoré de Balzac On CoffeeA Terrible And Cruel Method
https://open.substack.com/pub/theicarian/p/honore-de-balzac-on-coffee
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you don't like Substack, here's a non-substack version:
https://theicarian.com/blog/honore-de-balzac-on-coffee-a-terrible-and-cruel-method/

20 February 2026 @ 7:24 pm

20 February 2026 @ 7:17 pm

Don't know who needs to hear this, but a country where citizens must prove citizenship to masked strangers who don't have to prove they're law enforcement and can snatch you from work, school or your home because of the color of your skin is NOT a free one.

20 February 2026 @ 7:01 pm

He wasn’t shot
He didn’t win
He’s in the files
AND HE'S HAD PEOPLE KILLED TO COVER ALL THESE THINGS UP

19 February 2026 @ 7:50 pm

A Backbone Campaign sign kit in action.Great for overpasses, marches, static protests and much, much more. Adaptable for LED light up messages at night!Get one for your protest today! https://www.backbonecampaign.org/

19 February 2026 @ 7:29 pm

I want to give a shout out to the Backbone Campaign and their innovative banner technology.An issue with spine injury has kept me from protesting. When Rene Good was murdered I had to do something. On the advice of resister friends in Seattle, I purchased one of Backbone’s sign kits.
Today an intrepid organizer for the Visibility Brigade in San Diego picked up the kit. It will soon be in action on overpasses in east country.
https://www.backbonecampaign.org/get-involved

19 February 2026 @ 7:10 pm

One generation does not have the right to diminish the next.-- Honoré de Balzac

18 February 2026 @ 10:54 pm

You folks out there who've read about the Crusades, which were sometimes christian-on-christian violence, know how well this worked out in the Middle Ages.
World War Pete: Crusading Toward IranBadly needing a distraction, Trump appears to be giving the “War Secretary” his chance to “Kill all Muslims!” https://www.mind-war.com/p/world-war-pete-crusading-toward-iran

18 February 2026 @ 9:18 pm

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