Taste for coffee grows and grows
FROM humble beginnings, coffee has now become the most popular beverage in the world, with more than 400 billion cups consumed each year. Coffee first came to Europe through Venice in the
16th century, having been imported from Turkey, where it had been taken as a drink spiced with cloves, cinnamon and cardamom. The first coffee house was opened in London around
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1652 and these meeting places provided such a popular forum for the educated classes that they were dubbed “penny universities”. A penny was the price of a cup of coffee. When Edward Lloyd's coffee house was opened in 1668 and frequented by maritime insurance agents and merchants, it eventually became Lloyd's of London - the best known insurance company in the world. Over the centuries many different nationalities, kings and rulers have laid claim to the coffee producing regions of the world. The English planted coffee in Jamaica and India, the Spanish in Cuba and the Philippines, and the Portuguese in Brazil. As the taste for coffee grew in popularity through the centuries and the bean became widely available, the coffee shop became a feature of every town.
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The Courtyard Newnham Court Bearsted Road Maidstone (Junction 7, off the M20) 01622 631022
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The perfect place to meet with friends, sit back, relax and enjoy a coffee. Tea, coffee & soft drinks Cakes, gateaux & cream teas
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