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Coffee: The Viagra of the 17th Century Today, coffee consumption is linked (a little dubiously) to all sorts of positive outcomes. Just last week, a study correlated increased coffee consumption to a lower risk of suicide. But a few centuries ago, coffee was linked, even more dubiously, to a different kind of positive outcome. Over at the Public Domain Review, Matthew Green tells of the early modern London coffee shop scene. Coffee was a fast hit in England: A single "coffee shack" opened in 1652, and two years later, it was selling 600 "dishes" of coffee a day. The earliest known print of a coffee shop, dated to 1674. Image: Public Domain Review Read more...More about Coffee, Viagra, History, Coffee Shop, and England on.mash.to/16xunj4 #Tech #Technology #News #Updates #Like #Follow #Comment
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:08:31 +0000

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