Please place your name, the class/section, professor’s name, ‘Final Exam Essay’, and date in single space on the top left of your typed responses. Make your essay double-spaced, well-written and carefully proofread, and as close as possible to 2 pages of actual text. Use Times New Roman 12-pt. type or equivalent. Submit on time on D2L under Assignments tab. The final essay is only accepted 1 day late (by 7pm) at 15% deduction, nothing later accepted.

Please title your essay with one of the one-line titles given here. If you use a direct quote or very specific idea from a source, cite it in parenthetical form (incl. pg # where applicable) with a works cited page or in a footnote including author, the title of a book or journal in italics, year of publication in parentheses, and page number – or cite the URL if from a scholarly web source. See the example below (if you use Word, click: References/ Insert footnote).[1] Be aware that web sources with “.com” endings are not usually reliable, and Wikipedia should be avoided since it may or may not be reliable depending on the topic. Plagiarism is a serious offense, so avoid taking others’ words unless you’re using quotation marks and give proper citation. Do not overquote, rather write primarily in your own words, only using direct quotes if limited and highly effective. The minimum source requirement is at least one citation from Standage’s book. That means referencing specifically where it is used within your text.

Which product has had a greater impact in history, coffee or tea?

[Explain carefully, making use of Standage. You can concentrate most of the essay on the impact of one of these, but since you are comparing against the other you should also describe its impact at least briefly.]

[1] Tom Standage, A History of the World in Six Glasses (2005), p. ___.