Everybody has one. Your favorite spot to socialize, to recharge or be super productive.
This is an ode to the coffee shop.
It can be a hole in the wall (shout out to the New Yorkers) or, if you’re lucky enough to live in Europe, a beautiful, spacious café. It is your happy place—your home outside of home.
The story of the coffee shop is as interesting as drinking coffee itself. It’s not a coincidence that there’s a term: “coffee culture.” It has been coined for centuries. Let’s appreciate this process for a moment, shall we? Here are some of the most interesting highlights:
1. It all began in Muslim culture between 1511 and 1524.
Storyteller (meddah) at a coffeehouse in the Ottoman Empire. NYPL
