The story starts with a young coffee that goes by the name of Chip. Chip is visiting his grandmother Cappuccino when she finds an old book about the independence of their beloved country. She was cleaning out her closet when she stumbled upon the book her mother gave her about the independence of Kenya. She had wanted to share this with her grandchildren, but there isn’t one coffee that hasn’t heard the story when coffee beat tea.
“Come here Chip, let me tell you the story of our independence,” said Cappuccino.
“Ugg again grandma, I have heard this so many times,” Chip whined.
“One more time wouldn’t hurt you will it, no so come here sit on my lap and listen.”
“A long time ago before even your mom was alive lived a man named Jomo Kenyatta. He was a powerful believer that thought that coffee should be only for coffee and should never be forgotten. One day tea-
“Tttteeeeaaaa,” yelled chip.
“Yes tea, moving on. Tea started settling into the cabinets of households. At first, they wanted to keep Coffee happy and have the protection of them but one day in 1952 something happened. Fights started happening between the coffee and the tea. Tea started becoming increasingly popular and no one wanted coffee. Coffee was the drink left behind and was the drink no one wanted anymore. Fights that were horrible crashed up all the food inside the cabinet as well as cups and plates that belonged in the Kenya kitchen too.”
“Okay, so let me get this straight tea decided to try to take over coffee, did it work?,” asked Chip.
“I thought you said you’ve heard this before”
“I think I forgot though,” giggled Chip.
“Ha-ha ok.”
“Tea started deporting coffee to other country’s trying to get rid of it so people would really forget about it.”
“Who would ever want to try to get rid of coffee, we are pretty amazing if you ask me,” chip squealed
“Ha-ha, moving on. Different cabinets were hit differently by tea deporting coffee. Some cabinets even started getting mad at the settlers. One cabinet that was hit the hardest and the worst was called the Kikuyu. They had the best cabinets in Kenya Kitchen so the settlers wanted to take over their land. The Kikuyu group were the coffee’s that decided to start a group to fight against the settlers they grew to hate. They lived in the forest cabinet and formed a military with as many coffees as 20,000 from other cabinets. The people of Tea called the group the Mau Mau.”
“Wait, like the card game we played when visiting Brandy in Germany,” asked Chip.
“No, it was what Tea called the Land and Freedom Army, which was what the Mau Mau called themselves.
“Why they call themselves that?” asked Chip.
“Please stop interrupting Chip I’m getting there. They called themselves the Land and Freedom Army after the two goals they had. One, the return of their lands that they thought was theirs, and two, freedom from colonial rule. In the year 1956, the leader of the Mau Mau was hanged. Though this did not stop the Land and Freedom Army. When they decided that they would never give up, something happened in their favor. Tea withdrew from fighting with Kitchen Kenya resulting in Kitchen Kenya being free and no more tea!”
“Wait what happened to Jomo Kenyatta did he, I thought he became president or something?”
“You’re right Chip, Jomo Kenyatta was then released from jail and became the president of Kenya.
“So, did it end happily ever after?” asked Chip.
“I guess it did Chip.” Cappuccino said leaning in to give Chip a kiss on the forehead.
In the end, the coffees got rid of the teas. There was no more fighting between them and now coffee is free and independent.
The End