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Who Made The First Coffee House?

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pasqua rosée opened the first coffee house in London in 1652, prompting a revolution in London society. “British culture was intensely hierarchical and structured. The idea that you could go and sit next to someone as an equal was radical,” says Markman Ellis, author of The Coffee House: A Cultural History. What was the first … Read more

Who Patronized Coffeehouses?

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Coffeehouses close to the Royal Exchange in the City provided for businessmen. Politicians frequented those in the neighborhood of Westminster and St James, and in the vicinity of St Paul’s Cathedral, they were patronized by clergymen and theologians Why did king charles ii close the coffeehouses? King Charles II stated that coffeehouses “have produced very … Read more