I think in particular with coffee there is if anything the opposite cultural bias. Being German, there's a popular Canon (loosely translated)
"don't drink coffee, coffee!
The Turkish potion is not for kids,
weakens the nerves, makes you pale and sick.
Don't be a muselman (muslim, archaic),
who can't do without it"
My almost 90 year old grandmother still talks like this about coffee and many people forget nowadays how bad of a reputation coffee had in the West until it got really popular, and despite not having many obvious bad health effects, and maybe even having positive ones.
that's surprising and I guess you're relatively young and don't have kids because I've actually still heard it sung by kids in kindergarden. There's also Bach's coffee Cantata in a similar vein, and quite a lot of fiction dictated to the allegedly detrimental effects of drinking coffee.
And sadly often a lot of it is tied to the image of the "sickly Turk" which is a popular stereotype attached to most things imported from 'oriental' cultures. You may remember debates about the hookah craze a decade ago or so.
"don't drink coffee, coffee! The Turkish potion is not for kids, weakens the nerves, makes you pale and sick. Don't be a muselman (muslim, archaic), who can't do without it"
My almost 90 year old grandmother still talks like this about coffee and many people forget nowadays how bad of a reputation coffee had in the West until it got really popular, and despite not having many obvious bad health effects, and maybe even having positive ones.