There's no nicer way to say this but...

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Drinking coffee was a death penalty offence in Turkey, no reason for us to stop drinking it.

I've given examples of my own culture since you've seen it fit to give examples from the days of Devlet-i Aliyye, the proper name of the Ottoman empire.
If you want to discuss the coffee ban, true, there was a time when the consumption of coffee in coffeehouses was forbidden. Coffee could still be brewn and drank at home. It was done with a purpose: coffeehouses were, as they are still, places of idleness and laxity. IV. Murad Khan saw it fit to abolish such houses, while also making alcohol illegal, according to Moslem standards, however he himself was a heavy drinker.