The Coffeehouse

In his Atheniae Oxonienses , an account of the writers and bishops in Oxford from 1500 -- 1690 , Antony à Wood (1632 -- 1695 ) recalled what was probably the first coffeehouse in England: In 1650 , “Jacob a Jew opened a coffey house at or near the Angel within the east gate of Oxon . . . and there it was by some, who delighted in the Noveltie, drank.” The new drink quickly caught on and spread from Oxford to London where—according to John Aubrey , the author of what came to be known as ... // 97% Remaining