Could you imagine a place where you can spend time with your friends? They exist still
\ntoday.
\nWhen we talk about coffee shops today, we think of the chains of cafes run by companies
\nsuch as Costa Coffee, Starbucks and Caff\u00e8 Nero, which serve a wide range of teas,
\ncoffees, smoothies and snacks. But this is not a modern phenomenon.<\/p>\n
Have you ever heard about coffee houses?
\nThe 18th century was a time of great development in social life, in particular coffee shops
\nwere founded and in London they became the centre of social life. Coffee shops were
\npopular places where people from all social classes met while enjoying the latest fashion,
\na drink that had just arrived in Europe from Turkey: coffee.
\nThe first coffee shop in England opened in Oxford in 1652. In London, the first was opened
\nlater that year in St Michael Alley, Cornhill, by an eccentric Greek called Pasqua Rose\u00e9.
\nThey soon became common.
\nIn this place people met to talk about major topics, such as: politics, scandals, gossip,
\nliterature, philosophy, science, business, the news of the day. The coffee houses in
\nLondon became known as “penny universities”, since that was the price of a cup of coffee.
\nDifferent people in different coffee houses
\nPeople from different parts of the world could meet and exchange information.
\nUnfortunately only men could attend the coffee houses, women were not allowed to enter
\nexcept prostitutes. Unlike pubs, alcohol was not served. Each coffee house had a specific
\nclientele, usually defined by occupation, interests or attitudes, such as Tories and Whigs,
\ntraders and merchants, poets and authors, and men of fashion and leisure. Among the
\ninfluential customers were Samuel Pepys, John Dryden, Alexander Pope and Isaac
\nNewton. However, not all coffee houses hosted such an intellectual clientele: some were
\nhangouts for criminals, scoundrels and pimps.<\/p>\n
Modern coffee houses
\nIn 1739, there were over 550 coffee shops in London. However, the coffee shop fell out of
\nfavor in the late 18th century when the new trend of tea replaced coffee.
\nHowever, it wasn’t until the late 20th century that coffee shops were “reinvented” by
\ncompanies like Starbucks, Coffee Republic, and Costa Coffee
\nCoffee shops could be considered similar to modern day coffee shops, but nowadays if
\nyou go into a Starbucks you’ll probably just sit there scrolling through your social media.<\/p>\n
Starbucks: the coffee that changed the world
\nStarbucks is an American multinational chain of coffee shops founded in Seattle in 1971
\nand offers its customers coffee, desserts and pastries. It was founded by 3 partners Jerry
\nBaldwin, Gordon Bowker and Zev Siegel. Initially Starbucks was a real roasting and then
\nlater became a coffee shop thanks to Howard Schulz.<\/p>\n
Curiosities
\nStarbucks has 36,171 stores worldwide, distributed in 83 countries, where 61% of these
\nare located in the USA or China. Although Italy is the home of espresso, many are
\nattracted by the influence of American culture. In fact, there are 17 Starbucks in Italy,
\nincluding 8 in Milan. It was during a trip to Milan that Howard experienced Italian coffee<\/p>\n
shops for the first time, and retuming to Seattle, inspired by the art of coffee culture, he
\ndecided to bring this concept back to Starbucks.
\nThe logo
\nThe woman in the starbucks logo is Melusine who in Greek mythology was a mermaid who
\nlured sailors to the coast of an island called Starbuck. So the image of the mermaid was
\nused to lure coffee lovers to come and drink the one offered by them. According to others,
\nthe name was inspired by the first official starbuck sailor in the book Moby Dick.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
by Giulia Turco<\/p>\n
IV E scientifico sportivo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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