Britain was exposed to coffee culture earlier than France

The spread of coffee into London also caused ripples and sparks, setting off not only a great debate between the sexes, but also a training ground for the electoral system, securities firms, and insurance companies, as well as a sober and sensible drink touted by British gentlemen.

In fact, Britain came into contact with coffee earlier than France. As early as the beginning of the seventeenth century, many English people drank coffee. The earliest documentary record is 1637, when the British writer John Evelyn mentioned in his diary that he knew Conapio, a student from Crete, who went to study in England at Oxford. Every morning, Conapio drinks Turkish coffee and shares it with friends.

Oxford University teachers and students responded enthusiastically to Turkish coffee. In 1650, Lebanese immigrant Jacopo opened Britain's first coffee shop in Oxford, which was packed with almost all college students. In 1655, college students persuaded Tillard, a pharmacist at a local pharmacy, to open a coffee shop near Oxford University to ease their coffee addiction. Tillard Cafe has unexpectedly become an academic discussion place for teachers and students at Oxford University, and even the famous chemist Boyle 5 is a regular visitor. The Oxford Coffee Club was set up by teachers and students of the University of Oxford at the Tillard Cafe. In 1666, it developed into the famous Royal Society for the Promotion of Natural knowledge in London. It has been in operation until now. It is the longest-lived scientific society in the world, 26 years earlier than the Cafe de Paris, which is the oldest in the world.

Cafes then sprang up all over London and became an indispensable social place, influencing British manners, habits and business activities for two centuries. In 1652, Pasqua Rosee, an Armenian immigrant, first opened a coffee shop in London. In 1606, London cafes became popular as the most popular social place for gentlemen or the best public forum for men. As a result, the number of pub guests plummeted, affecting the government's tax on alcoholic beverages. The authorities imposed a coffee tax of four pence per gallon of coffee, but coffee fever was not affected at all. The main reason is that Londoners regard coffee as a healthy drink, which can heal stomach wounds, help digestion, refresh the brain, treat headaches and coughs, etc., but doctors are not happy about this, because in the past, only doctors could prescribe prescriptions, but now coffee is available everywhere, greatly affecting the interests of doctors. Some doctors began to wonder, claiming that coffee is ineffective to drink alone and needs to be mixed with other recipes, concocting a lot of bizarre coffee refining techniques, but people still regard coffee as an entertainment drink and are not affected by tricks.