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Social Media of Coffee

By Jerry Lo
Coffee house reasons

Business news and deals


Follow commodity prices
Political gossip
Thoughts on new books
Reading newsletters
Chatting
Political discussion
Information exchange (jobs)
Evolution of coffee houses

1650s Coffee was deemed distraction for education(Anthony Wood)


1660 Britains pioneering scientific institute formed.
1680s Common to use the coffeehouse address (London Penny Post)
1680-1730 London consumed most coffee
1687 Principia by Newton
1700 coffee houses have distinctive name and sign over door
1703 math became essential for business, traders, merchants, seaman, carpenters,
and surveyors
Cont. Evolution of coffeehouses

1750s French had a coffee house open to both female and male
1751 Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond dAlembert wrote the encyclopedie
1762 Stock exchange
1772 Establish society of Lloyds
1789 revolutionary ferment(stir ups)
Dismissal of Jacques Necker
Camille Desmoulins ( French revolution)
Coffee today

Discuss, Develop and Exchange ideas and information


Available to drink at home or anywhere
Coffee houses today
Meetings
Internet cafes and wireless hotspots

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