Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Coffee drinking associated with artist, scholars and the witty folk
Coffee drinking from the beginning has been associated with artist, scholars and the witty folk. Ideas and liberal opinions generated around coffee cups from Constantinople to the coffee houses of the eighteenth century New England have made rulers from Amurath III to George III fear coffee's influence. Charles II tried to close the London coffee houses in 1675, when he rightly connected them with the progressive political sentiments that were to change the course of the British Empire. Eleven days after his "Proclamation for the Suppression of the Coffee Houses" was issued, he was forced to withdraw the order due to indignant public outcry from all parties.
The ideology and leadership of the French Revolution was first tested in Parisian coffee houses. The merchants of coffee house in New York was the government headquarters in the days immediately following the outbreak of the American Revolution.
If you are a rebel or an advance thinker, drink up you are in good company.
The ideology and leadership of the French Revolution was first tested in Parisian coffee houses. The merchants of coffee house in New York was the government headquarters in the days immediately following the outbreak of the American Revolution.
If you are a rebel or an advance thinker, drink up you are in good company.
