I'm writing an article about the history of tea in England and I read that 17th century coffee-houses (the term tea-house was only coined at the end of the century) were the exclusive domain of men. Does anyone know when women were allowed to frequent coffee-houses, or tea-houses?
thanks
The early to mid 1700's was the golden era of coffee houses. Women could only buy tea through their coachmen. In 1717 Thomas Twinings renames Tom's Coffee House to the Golden Lyons and serves tea on premise to women. Tea gardens and later tea parlours become the alternative to coffee houses for women in society. The story of tea in England is the story of class distinction. I'm not smart I Google.
Jim
Yes, I do. But you should really do you own research, since you are going to have to footnote the info anyway. There are numerous books on the history of tea that can give you a quotable reference. A book called The History of the Poster might also prove useful.
Gee, Howard, why can't you just say what you know and let the person who asked the question decide how to deal with copyrights.
Sasha.
Actually, I made an error- the book title is The Poster in History.
I'm not Howard, Sasha. And it's not a matter of dealing with copyrights. It's a matter of spending a few moments doing research, which could even be done on the internet. Howard may be a student for all I know- and students very often want others to do their research for them. They don't learn anything that way. Besides, it's better to have a quotable reference, and my saying ,'hmm, I think it's the end of the 19th century' isn't one. It's simply the opinion of an unknown person on the internet, whose opinion might very well be worthless. Having taught college, and having had students bring me spurious information becuase they weretoo lazy to do any fact checking, I know what that's like.
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