The Coffee-House. A cultural history

1. First Encounters: George Sandys and the Coffa-Houses of Constantinople. 2. The Wine of Islam Discovered. 3. The First English Coffee-House. 4. The Republic of Coffee: The Coffee Club of the Rota. 5. Talking to Strangers. 6. Coffee with Wings: The Spread of the Coffee-House. 7. "Freedom of Words": Charles II and the Challenge of the Coffee-House. 8. The Coffee-House Trade. 9. Humours, Anti-Hypnoticks and caffeine. 10. The Free-School of Ingenuity. 11. The Concourse of Merchants. 12. The Philosopher in the Coffee-House. 13. The Passing of the Coffee-House. 14. Angry Young Men and the Espresso Revolution. Epilogue: Milk and Sugar.