The witty and interesting debate between the sexes in the history of coffee

The tavern owners also take advantage of the fact that men indulge in cafes all day long, women are not allowed to enter, and women have been neglected for a long time, creating a rift between the sexes and profiting from it. In 1662, a play appeared in London called Women Complaining about Coffee Houses, which was printed in large quantities. In it, three women talked, satirizing coffee as the great invention of the devil, and men spent all day in coffee shops chatting and went home to sleep.

After the mid-17th century, London's coffee shops exploded, with nearly 3,000 cafes for 600,000 people, an average of one cafe for every two or three hundred people, which severely damaged the ale and beer industry. At the instigation of the brewers, London women's groups went further in 1674 with the publication of the Women's Petition Against Coffee.

Interestingly, London men also responded immediately in writing, not only to retort, but also vigorously defend coffee, published "Men's Response to Women's Anti-Coffee Petition."

This is the history of coffee funny sex debate, from which can be seen more than 300 years ago British men and women's attitudes towards coffee. To be fair, British cafes would not have created sexual tension if they did not exclude women, as in Venice and Paris. After all, women only asked for equal access to cafes with men. But in 17th-century England coffee was regarded as an "intellectual" drink, and much of the business was done in cafes. Innocent women were not suitable for such serious occasions, and cafes did not welcome women to come in and make noise. British beer houses, on the other hand, welcome women into their homes to liven up the atmosphere, and it is to be expected that the two will join forces to suppress cafes. At that time, British pubs were full of women, while cafes were dominated by men. It seems that in contrast to today, women have become the main customers of cafes, and men have become the benefactors of pubs instead!