TY - JOUR AU - Macasaet, Megan PY - 2021/09/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A Penny For Your Cuppa: How Coffeehouses Revolutionized Coffee Consumption in England’s Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries JF - Constellations JA - Constellations VL - 12 IS - 2 SE - British History DO - 10.29173/cons29433 UR - https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/constellations/index.php/constellations/article/view/29433 SP - AB - <p>Amid England’s 17<sup>th</sup> and 18<sup>th</sup> centuries, coffee’s Turkish origins catalyzed a stark polarization of coffee consumption due to Turkish xenophobia. England’s long-regarded reservations towards Turkish commodities only changed because of one revolutionary institution: the coffeehouse. Unlike classically popular taverns, coffeehouses were unique, progressive establishments where patrons of all classes and genders safely shared news, debated politics, and discussed new discoveries in academia over a beverage costing mere pennies to consume. By adopting an accessible and intellectual premise, coffeehouses eclipsed England’s xenophobic predispositions towards Turkey – forever revolutionizing the social sphere and English coffee consumption.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> ER -