Just rewatched season 6 episode 3 called My Coffee when they add the coffee shop to the hospital. Since this episode was filmed in 2007, I immediately remembered how coffee was viewed back then and how differently it’s viewed today. I think most coffee back 15-20 years ago was drip coffee with cream and sugar but (maybe it’s just me), if I go to a coffee place now, I always get an espresso drink.

Dr cox gets mad at Kelso because he thinks coffee and hospitals don’t go together. He makes a joke about ice cream in the morgue being next. I remember in the 2000s, coffee was not something acceptable in healthcare and I think it was in line for Dr Cox to question the decision. My mom was a nurse and didn’t let us drink coffee because of the caffeine and it would “stunt our growth”. Tell that to my coffee addicted brother who is 6’5”. I feel like I don’t hear that anymore, and in fact, I think most hospitals today have a coffee shop and there’s no issue. So my question is in the title. When and why the change around coffee in healthcare?