00:00Would you become rich by selling coffee in ancient Greece?
00:03Day 1. You show up in Athens with roasted beans, a clay pot, and zero plan.
00:08You brew a cup near the Agora.
00:10A philosopher asks if it's a potion.
00:12You say it makes you think faster.
00:14He drinks the whole thing.
00:15Worst pitch ever. Still worked.
00:17Day 2. Word spreads about thinking water.
00:19Twelve Athenians line up before sunrise.
00:22A math teacher buys three cups and says he finally understands his own equations.
00:25You charge two obbles a cup.
00:27By noon, you've made what a fisherman makes in a week.
00:30Not bad for bean juice.
00:32Day 3. Problem. You're almost out of beans.
00:35No one in Greece has seen a coffee bean.
00:37You find a spice trader from Africa.
00:39He has something close.
00:40You roast it yourself. Tweak the recipe.
00:42Arguably better. Supply solved.
00:44Day 4. You set up near the philosophy schools.
00:47Thinkers, poets, students, all arguing for hours on empty energy.
00:51One cup and their ideas get sharper.
00:53You sell 300 before sunset.
00:55Month 1. A politician tries to ban your drink.
00:58Calls it a foreign threat.
00:59You send a free batch to his office.
01:01Next day, the ban disappears.
01:03Funny how that works.
01:04Month 3. You've got eight employees.
01:06Athens' richest merchant hears about you.
01:08Walks in. Arms crossed.
01:10Tells you to prove it.
01:11You brew one cup.
01:12Slide it across.
01:13He sips.
01:14Puts the cup down.
01:15Says nothing for five seconds.
01:16Then offers you a villa and a cut of every sale across the Greek world.
01:20First month, 20 stalls open.
01:22You wake up richer than most Athenian nobles.
01:25All from bean water.
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