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  1. Well, that recipe sounded simply disgusting. Who would have thought to do such a thing as using fish bladder collagen to filter their coffee? Oh-my-gosh, ugh… shudder. It is a wonder people lived as long as they did. Thanks for sharing this research. Once again the EIC was a powerful influence on what England put on their table or drank with their morning cup.

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