Early Coffee Houses

Written by Connie Limon - Friday, 17 November 2006 21:12

Early coffee houses quickly became an important center for exchange of information, so much so, that they were often referred to as “Schools of the Wise.”

The European travelers to the Near East brought back stories of the dark black beverage called “coffee.” By the 17th century, coffee was in Europe and continued to become popular across the continent. Some who were against coffee called the beverage “bitter invention of Satan.” When coffee reached Venice in 1615, the local clerg ...

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