The early to mid 1700's was the golden era of coffee houses. Women
could only buy tea through their coachmen. In 1717 Thomas Twinings
renames Tom's Coffee House to the Golden Lyons and serves tea on
premise to women. Tea gardens and later tea parlours become the
alternative to coffee houses for women in society. The story of tea
in England is the story of class distinction. I'm not smart I Google.

Jim

(howard richler) wrote in message . com...
I'm writing an article about the history of tea in England and I read
that 17th century coffee-houses (the term tea-house was only coined
at the end of the century) were the exclusive domain of men. Does
anyone know when women were allowed to frequent coffee-houses, or
tea-houses?

thanks