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Archive for January, 2009

» Coffee like way of spending time. Coffee houses.

First coffee-houses

The middle of XV century, Mecca.
The middle of XVI century, Constantinople.
1650 Oxford. The first English coffee-house was opened by Turkish emigrant Jacob.
1651 Livorno. The beginning of Italian coffee-houses.
1672 Paris. Later, in 1689 in French capital was opened legendary Café Le Procope – one of the oldest nowadays working cafes in the world. [...]

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