Coffee shops in England

It is known all over the world that English people are addicted to tea. But from the mid-17th century to the early 18th century, the whole of London was soaked in coffee instead of tea. British men switch from drinking to drinking coffee, or both-get drunk in a pub and go to the cafe to sober up with caffeine and then go to the pub to continue drinking.

The first coffee shop in England appeared at Oxford University in 1650 and was opened by a Lebanese Jew. Two years later, the Greek Rosse opened a cafe in London. By 1700, there were more than 2000 cafes in London. Cafes are all over the streets of London. As the first place to provide equal exchange and dialogue for the public, cafes are very popular. But from the very beginning, cafes have obvious "circle" characteristics, that is, "birds of a feather flock together, people are divided into groups"-Puritans, Protestants, Catholics, Jews, literati, merchants, lawyers, doctors, etc., almost every cafe has its own fixed number of guests. The open cafe has broken the previous social structure of hierarchy and identity, and has also made a new division on another level.

British cafes laid a solid foundation for the earliest modern publishing industry. The coffee party at will Cafe hosted by Dryden established the standard of literary appreciation from will Cafe to the literary world. The free debate in the cafe was the base of the early middle-class media such as "Light", "bystander" and the Guardian. The editors of these newspapers and magazines, based on what they observed in the cafe and the conversations they participated in there-- heard and discussed gossip about all kinds of news, learned about the intentions of the people and formed a consensus of view. finally formed those brilliant words.

In addition, the gathering of a group of cafes into a club with a rich British tradition is also a major feature of British cafes-the earliest coffee shop in the UK, opened at Oxford University, soon attracted a large number of coffee colleagues. In 1665, they founded the Oxford Coffee Club, which was joined by all academic elites, and was upgraded to the famous "Royal College" in 1662. During the prosperity of cafes, people were used to listening to news, comments and knowledge from all sides, and were free to participate in their own opinions. But when the leaders of the cafe gradually formed their own club and closed the door to the public, people had to turn to the media for similar information.