Yes, but many of the emigrants still enjoyed coffee and tea on the journey, and these were part of the provisions purchased by the church emigration agent. If you ever go to the DUP museum in SLC, you'll see a case of teapots lovingly carried across the sea and plains by British Saints. Brigham Young was always preaching against the use of coffee, tea, and tobacco by the Saints, especially because of the cash drain. (Most trade was conducted by barter, but imported goods had to be bought with cash). When the "Mormon War" started in 1857, there was a run on the stores for coffee and tea, since they expected outside trade to be cut off. (I did a term paper on the Word of Wisdom in pioneer days for a graduate class in US religious history.) There wasn't a serious effort to clamp down on the use of WW items until the late 1860s, when they knew that lots of non-Mormons would come in with the completion of the railroad. Starting with BY's family, women organized "Retrenchment Societies," pledging to abstain from coffee, tea and fancy clothes (also imported). Adherence to the Word of Wisdom wasn't a requirement for temple attendance until about 1920. >From my narrative of the 9th HC company, here's some information on provisions for 1859-1860. George Quayle Cannon (who became an Apostle of the Church immediately after his arrival in SLC in mid-August 1860) was in charge of emigration for those years. The Millennial Star was a church newspaper published in England. It is on microfilm available from the FHL. There is lots of information on ship departures/ arrivals and arrival of emigrant companies in SLC. Cannon's recommendations for provisions appeared in the Millennial Star of January 21, 1860 (22:41). "For every soul over four years I should reckon full rations; that would be 100 lbs. of flour, 40 lbs. of bacon or other meat, and other articles such as coffee, tea, rice, sugar, dried fruit, &c. as they may think proper. One hundred pounds of flour is not sufficient to last a person throughout; but I think by the time that is consumed, they can be met with fresh supplies from the Valley." Cannon reported on prices he had paid in 1859, somewhat higher than in the previous year due to the Pike's Peak gold rush: oxen, $80 per yoke; cows, $25; wagons, $96, tents $12; flour, $4.25 per 100 lbs; bacon, 12.5 cents per lb; biscuits, 8 cents per lb; sugar, 10 cents per lb; rice, 8 cents per lb; coffee, 13 cents per lb; dried apples, 12.5 cents per lb; soap, 5 cents per lb; axes, $1.50 each; spades $1.25 each; shovels, $1.25 each; stoves $20-25 each. The poor saints (i.e., those traveling with handcart companies) were urged to dispense with "spades, shovels, stoves, dried fruit &c." There are several excellent general books on Utah in the 19th century by Leonard Arrington that I'd recommend. "Great Basin Kingdom" Univ. of Utah Press "Building the City of God" Univ. of Illinois Press "The Mormon Experience" (through 20th century) These are in paperback, and you can probably get them through Deseret Books. The bookstores sometimes have them; also larger libraries. The first two, especially, explain how and why the Saints were able to "make the desert bloom like a rose." When we think of people crossing the plains, we think of them as "rugged individualists." But the Saints, for the most part, put building communities above individual goals. It took a lot of cooperation to cross the plains, in addition to courage. Their farms were not scattered miles apart, far from neighbors. They built their homes in laid-out towns, with their farms on the perimeter, as much for socializing as for protection. They built irrigation ditches and other public works projects together. Sorry if I've rambled, but I find the lives of our ancestors after they arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley as interesting as the journey to get there. You could probably make a lot of comparisons to modern-day Israel. They, too, are building their Zion in the desert.