Coffee House And 18th Century Literature. In contrast to todays rather mundane spawn of coffeehouse chains the London of the 17th and 18th century was home to an eclectic and thriving coffee drinking scene. Memorably when the heroine of Alexander Popes mock-epic The Rape of the Lock 1712 arrives in a London coffee house her commodity of choice is introduced as.
By the late 15th century European traders to Turkey and the Middle East were already very familiar with coffee drinking. In the mid-20th century Bogota Colombia featured several cafes across its sprawling cityscape. From coffeehouses all over London Samuel Pepys recorded fantastical tales and metaphysical discussions of voyages across the high hills in Asia above the clouds and the futility of distinguishing between a waking and a dreaming state.
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From coffeehouses all over London Samuel Pepys recorded fantastical tales and metaphysical discussions of voyages across the high hills in Asia above the clouds and the futility of distinguishing between a waking and a dreaming state. Included is a coffeehouse time-line notable coffeehouses of the 18th century the role of coffeehouses as clubhouses and political reforms King Charles IIs distrust and temporary shut down of coffeehouses the process of licensing coffeehouses the role of coffeehouses in literature and the coffeehouse today. The rise of the coffee-house. The 18th century London coffee house was the center of controversy in many ways even to the point of the king trying to ban coffee and close the establishments.