Coffee Is Life
Sounds like it to me
Literary Geography
The End of Time
Things have changed
100

Opened in 1971 this Seattle coffee chain used the roasting techniques of competitor Alfred Peet.

Starbucks 

100
If your high-flying idea turns out to be a dud it lands with this sound that rhymes with dud. 

Thud 

100

With cars, phones, and faxes his 1863 novel Paris in the 20th century was rejected as too fantastical to be believed. 

Jules Verne

100

This period during the Mesozoic Era ended about 145 million years ago but it's still ripping up the box office today! 

Jurassic

100

Beginning in 2017 a record 21 women are now US senators including this new one from California. (She is now the US Vice President)

Kamala Harris

200

The 1773 act and this following protest prompted many in America to take up coffee. 

The Boston Tea Party 

200

Hearing this hyphenated sound of tiny feet means you have kinds in the house or mice. 

Pitter-Patter

200

In Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, the land-based parts take place on this island. 

Cuba

200

This 64-year British era ended for a very specific reason in 1901. 

The Victorian

200

The 45th president has changed the way the office talks to the public including the use of this personal Twitter handle. 

@RealDonaldTrump

300

Some of the highest-rated coffee is from a roaster called Port of Mokha named for a place in this war-torn country

Yemen

300

After a few hours in the hot sun, I'm ready to drink a cold beverage this way; also an engine sound

Chug

300

The Scarlet Letter is set in this US state. 

Massachusetts 
300

The last major one of these ages ended with the Pleistocene Epoch nearly 12000 years ago. 

The Ice Age 

300

In 1960 the 5-year survival rate of this white blood cell cancer averaged just 14%, today it's over 60%. 

Leukemia
400

In Letters from Hawaii, Mark Twain said this local coffee has richer flavor than any other. 

Kona

400

Hey! It's a 6-letter bray from Mr. Ed. 

Whinny

400

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In Pride and Prejudice, Mrs. Bennet says "The country is a vast deal pleasanter than (this city)"

London
400

Taking its name from the title of Twain's first novel this gaudy US age came to a close around the turn of the 20th century. 

The Gilded Age 

400

In the 20th century there were as many as 24 Communist countries; today there are only 5 including these 2 in Southeast Asia. 

Vietnam and Laos

500

This fictional coffee spokesperson is nothing without his mule Conchita. 

Juan Valdez

500

Large ones can measure more than 5 feet across. (an instrument)

A gong

500

Part of Act 3 of this Shakespeare tragedy unfolds at Actium. 

Antony and Cleopatra

500

Donatello Leonardo Raphael and Michelangelo were figures in this cultural movement that ended around 1600.

The Renaissancce

500

In 1915 Mary was the most popular baby girl name; in 2005 it was Emily and 2015 this name is similar to Emily. 

Emma