Karl Marx was a regular imbiber of pilsner beer and fine wines (via Engels).
However he also took the ‘cure’ and this involved the appreciation of different kinds of spring water and coffee.
Marx wrote the following lines to Engels from Karlsbad on 18th September 1874
Up at 5 or half past 5 in the morning. Then 6 glasses from
different springs, one after the other. There must be at least a
quarter of an hour between each glass.
Then breakfast is prepared, beginning with the purchase of
pastry appropriate to the cure. After that, a walk lasting at least
one hour. Finally, some of the very excellent coffee available here
in one of the coffee houses outside the town. This is followed by a
walking tour through the surrounding hills; at ABOUT noon you
return home, but have to take a bath every other day, which takes up
yet another hour.
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