Boutique coffee culture Britain came into contact with coffee earlier than France

Coffee also stirred up ripples and sparks when it reached London. It not only set off a great debate between the sexes, but also became a training ground for the election system, securities dealers and insurance companies. It also became a sober and rational drink for British gentlemen.

In fact, the UK was exposed to coffee earlier than France. Coffee was drunk by many Englishmen as early as the 17th century. The earliest documented record is that in 1637, the English writer John Evelyn mentioned in his diary that he knew a student from Crete, Conopio, who went to England to study. Every morning, Conapio drinks Turkish coffee and shares it with friends.

The response to Turkish coffee was overwhelming, and in 1650 Jacobson, a Lebanon immigrant, opened Britain's first coffeehouse in Oxford, which was crowded with almost all college students. In 1655, college students persuaded Tilliard, a pharmacist at a local pharmacy, to open a café near Oxford University to relieve their addiction to coffee. Tilliard Café has become an academic discussion place for Oxford University teachers and students, and even the famous chemist Boyle 5 is a frequent visitor. The Oxford Coffee Club was founded by Oxford University students and teachers in Tilliard Cafe. In 1660, it developed into the famous Royal Society of Britain. Its full name is the Royal Society for the Advancement of Natural Knowledge in London. It has been in operation ever since. It is the oldest scientific society in the world, 26 years before the oldest cafe in Paris.

Cafes then proliferated throughout London, becoming indispensable social venues that influenced British manners, habits and commerce for two centuries. In 1652 Pasqua Rosee, an Armenian immigrant, opened the first coffee shop in London. In 1660, London coffeehouses became popular as the most popular social places for gentlemen or the best public forums for men. As a result, the number of tavern guests dropped sharply. This affected the government's tax on alcoholic drinks. The authorities imposed a coffee tax of four pence per gallon of coffee sold, but the 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 their minds, treat headaches and coughs, etc., but doctors are very unhappy about this, because in the past only doctors could prescribe, but now coffee is widely available, greatly affecting the interests of doctors. Some doctors began to make false claims, claiming that coffee alone was ineffective and needed to be mixed with other formulas, concocting many strange coffee concoctions, but the public still regarded coffee as a recreational drink and was not moved by tricks.