Bertram Hooper

Coffee had spread to Italy by 1600 and then to the rest of Europe, Indonesia, and the Americas. Thriving trade brought many goods, including coffee, from the Ottoman Empire to Venice. Since Tahtakale is to the West of the Bosporus, this would likely have been the first coffee house in Europe. Within the Ottoman Empire, the first coffeehouse opened…[Read more]

Coffee had spread to Italy by 1600 and then to the rest of Europe, Indonesia, and the Americas. Thriving trade brought many goods, including coffee, from the Ottoman Empire to Venice. Since Tahtakale is to the West of the Bosporus, this would likely have been the first coffee house in Europe. Within the Ottoman Empire, the first coffeehouse opened…[Read more]