ate or tinned
copper) roaster appears; shaped like the Turkish coffee grinder,
for use over open fires.
1650--The first coffee house in England is opened at Oxford by
Jacobs, a Jew.
1650--Coffee is introduced into Vienna.
1652--The first London coffee house is opened by Pasqua Rosee in
St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill.
1652--The first printed advertisement for coffee in English appears
in the form of a handbill issued by Pasqua Rosee, acclaiming "The
Vertue of the Coffee Drink."
1656--Grand Vizier Kuprili, during the war with Candia, and for
political reasons, suppresses the coffee houses and prohibits
coffee. For the first violation the punishment is cudgeling; for a
second, the offender is sewn up in a leather bag and thrown into
the Bosporus.
1657--The first newspaper advertisement for coffee appears in _The
Publick Adviser_ of London.
1657--Coffee is introduced privately into Paris by Jean de
Thevenot.
1658--The Dutch begin the cultivation of coffee in Ceylon.
1660[L]--The first French commercial importation of coffee arrives
in bales at Marseilles from Egypt.
1660--Coffee is first mentioned in the English statute books when a
duty of four pence is laid upon every gallon made and sold "to be
paid by the maker."
1660[L]--Nieuhoff, Dutch ambassador to China, is the first to make
a trial of coffee with milk, in imitation of tea with milk.
1660--Elford's "white iron" machine for roasting coffee is much
used in England, being "turned on a spit by a jack."
1662--Coffee is roasted in Europe over charcoal fires without
flame, in ovens, and on stoves; being "browned in uncovered
earthenware tart dishes, old pudding pans, fry pans."
1663--All English coffee houses are required to be licensed.
1663--Regular imports of Mocha coffee begin at Amsterdam.
1665--The improved Turkish long brass combination coffee grinder
with folding handle and cup receptacle for green beans, for boiling
and serving, is first made in Damascus. About this period the
Turkish coffee set, including long-handled boiler and porcelain
cups in brass holders, comes into vogue.
1668--Coffee is introduced into North America.
1669--Coffee is introduced publicly into Paris by Soliman Aga, the
Turkish ambassador.
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