By 1633, Ottoman coffeehouses numbered around 600. That year, Sultan Murad IV attempted to ban them for their role in stirring unrest, but the ban failed and coffee culture spread westwards. The London Stock Exchange (1680) and Lloyd’s of London (1688) are among the many notable intuitions that began as coffeehouses.

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You’re looking at the 1846 oil-on-canvas painting titled “Coffee-house by the Ortaköy Mosque in Constantinople” by Russian-Armenian painter Ivan Aivazovsky. 

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Nice to see your posts again. The banning of coffee in places across the world during this time is one of my favorite examples of governments being scared of the people.

@johncamkiran this is pretty cool. I found some coffeehouses in Vienna (which still retain its 18th/19th century roots/vibes). I see your based in London. Are there any in 🇬🇧 you'd recommend?

I love those Arabia themed paintings from the 1800s