Since ages, coffee is considered to be the hot beverage of choice in Europe. Unlike the typical “European family tea,” coffee is not consumed at the breakfast table or indeed at any fixed time at home during the day. During the 16th century, men and women of all ages drank coffee in coffeehouses while they discussed business news, talked about political gossips, and shared literary works. In Europe, the coffee spots played an important role in ushering the Enlightenment era. It was in coffee-houses that business and new technology first became entwined. However, there is a lot of difference between the coffee houses of the mid 1600’s and the modern day cozy cafes in Europe. So, as you sneak a peek into the top 10 coffee spots in Europe pause for a while and take a look back through the history to see how the coffee house culture started, and how much it’s changed.
During the 16th century, coffee-houses multiplied in Europe. During that particular era, coffee houses gained some degree of importance in both the societal as well as in the political domain.
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