The Word of What Now? Why Mormons Can't Drink Coffee.

Dirty Soda, True Tea, and Brigham’s Bar: A Salty Dive into the Word of Wisdom.

Mel and Claire (The Salty Hoes) catch up on a spa visit with Paulina at Spa Day, praising her Moonshine Versus Milk skincare line, then pivot to Mormon dietary rules inspired by “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” and dirty soda culture. They unpack the Word of Wisdom’s origins (Joseph Smith’s 1833 revelation, later formalized in 1852) and note it wasn’t consistently enforced until the early 1900s, with temple recommend requirements starting in 1921. Early leaders even drank coffee, tea, beer, and used wine for sacrament, and Brigham Young owned a bar. Reading Doctrine and Covenants 89, they discuss bans on alcohol, tobacco, and “hot drinks” (officially coffee and tea, not cocoa or herbal tea), caffeine debates, and the often-ignored instruction to eat meat sparingly and mainly in winter or famine, alongside health, anxiety, and virtue-signaling themes.

00:00 Meet The Salty Hoes

00:45 Spa Day With Paulina

02:56 Beauty Standards Catchup

05:36 Dirty Soda Culture

08:56 No Coffee No Tea

09:46 Word of Wisdom Origins

13:53 Early Mormon Drinking

17:57 Close Reading Begins

19:41 Alcohol Rules Explained

28:11 Tobacco Verse Breakdown

32:20 Nicotine Brain Effects

37:10 Smoking Genetics And Shame

39:16 Compassion Over Shame

40:22 Pray Away Myths

41:24 Hot Drinks Debate

42:17 Kombucha Chai Loopholes

44:59 Hot Drinks History

45:44 Ulcer Science Story

49:41 Coffee Tea Health Data

52:41 Pregnancy Body Trust

57:42 Dirty Soda Caffeine Wars

01:03:56 Mormon Tea

01:05:39 Meat Sparingly Verses

01:09:41 Stewardship And Climate

01:14:47 Promises Scrupulosity

01:19:23 Wrap Up And Farewell