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Old 18-09-2004, 09:09 AM
David Friedman
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How did the coffee houses of 16th and 17th century England make their
coffee? Was what Daniel Defoe and Dr Johnson drank more like Turkish
or Starbuck's?

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I don't think there were any coffee houses in 16th century England--as
best I recall, the first one opened around 1650 or so.

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