THE FIRST COFFEE SHOPS
There is some (1) ....................................... evidence to suggest that
coffee was cultivated in Africa in the tenth century, but drinking coffee didn’t
become (2) ....................................... in Europe until the mid-
seventeenth century, with many visitors to London claiming that going to a
coffee shop was one of the great (3) ....................................... of life.
People paid an (4) ....................................... charge of one penny to
enter a coffee shop, to enjoy the supposedly (5)
....................................... effects of the drink. Doctors at the time
believed it could cure several diseases, and many drinkers reported that
coffee made them more (6) ....................................... and improved their
mood.
(7) ....................................... a visit to a coffee shop had a serious
purpose too, as people started to meet there to discuss politics and new
ideas. Good behavior was essential and if you were (8)
....................................... you could be thrown out of a shop. However,
coffee shops in Europe declined in popularity in the late eighteenth century
due to the greater (9) ........................ of tea, a drink that was easier to
make than coffee.
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