cowboy coffee

  • roast beans in frying pan (burnt on outside, green on inside)
  • grind
  • boil in pot for half hour
  • it's a sludge!

locations

  • quebec A.L. Vanhoutte (or Van Houtte, Inc)
    • french immigrant opened coffee house
  • Vienna's first coffee house
    • The Blue Bottle
  • Venice's first cafe
    • Caffé Florian
    • Caffé Lavena
      • "foreigners'" coffee house, you should try the Cassanova

famous French cafes

  • Café de Flore
    • actors, writers
  • Les Deux Margots
    • actors, philosophers
  • Brasserie Lipp
    • actors, politicians
  • Café Le Procope
    • first genuine French-style cafe
  • Café de Foy
    • "cafe of the cocardiers"

england

  • The Jamaica Wine House
    • first English coffee house
  • Change Alley - Pope's Head Alley
    • businessmen's house

other interest:

  • Hatian revolt between 1790s and 1810s
    • changed coffee's distribution
jan 23 2014 ∞
sep 9 2014 +