Let's Fire Up Those Neurons!

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The Third Reich pushed decaffeinated drinks as official state policy. According to the book 100 Years of Kaffee HAG, Roselius attributed his father’s death in 1902 to drinking too much coffee, so he invented decaf to save other addicts. (It’s not a completely ridiculous idea; his father worked in the coffee industry.)

 

# Answer:

Keywords:

#1
Img1: What is full of beans, as in "made of beans," and what is it called with no beans?

Coffee beans and coffee. By zero beans, I meant Decaf. The additional clue image had the no beans sign.

Img2: If there is a gesture that you can identify with "fascist," what would it be? Who would it remind you of?

I meant the original Fascists here. I could see that you are all confusing it with Italy, understandably; that's why I added the Musk clue image where his posture resembles that of a Nazi salute. Nazi is the keyword here.

#2:
Img1: Self-explanatory, I thought. Focus on the sign there, what does it mean?

It's a simple Ban sign placed over coffees. Those are the keywords.

Img2: What is iconic about the red hat? Who wears it, or which part of the world does it belong to? (think of a song in Jodha Akbar)

It's turks iconic hat, if not Ottoman, You should be able to arrive at Turkey just googling traditional red hats...or so I thought. : )

Keyword combos:
#1 Decaf + Nazi
#2 Coffee Ban + Turkey

Finally, #1 is about promoting coffee, while #2 is about banning coffee; this is the connection/contrast I was hoping you would tell me.

Links:
Why the Nazi Party Loved Decaf Coffee.
Drinking Coffee in Public Was Once Punishable by Death.

Thank you all for trying to the end.

 

Yes!

 

my detours
Beans - couldn’t relate to coffee beans was thinking of red beans / chili etc - so the search led to Mussolinis policy of self sufficiency

Women ☕️ led to some tiktok video hmmm women

though ban coffee was obvious I got distracted by the diverse women hands and some how red hat led to MAGA and also about CA considering removing some harsh chemicals from decaff.

Cat in the hat - dr.Seuss iconic book a whole different story

I was reaching Mussolini somehow.. but was able to get to Turkey much faster

It was interesting to learn so many other things enroute. Thanks for the real coffee puzzle

 

The world is starting to forget the originals because now we got too many others?

 

Thank you K for setting this wonderful puzzle and I truly enjoyed solving it. Hopefully, everyone will reactivate this thread by setting some more good puzzles.

 

So...bump!

 

Here is another #Konnection type puzzle for anyone interested.



#1 - The clues are in the blue box.

#2 - The clues are in the pink box.

The one in the green box is a common clue to #1 and #2.

#1 and #2 are two separate stories with a common theme that you will tell me about.

The clues may or may not be direct but if you feel stuck, I'm here to help. Tick tock...

 

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