Re(2): SC - Caffeine in period

[Sue Wensel]

David/Cariadoc wrote:

>The use of coffee in Egypt is mentioned by a European resident near the end
>of the sixteenth century. It was brought to Italy in 1615 and to Paris in
>1647 (LG). The first coffee house in England was opened in Oxford in 1650
>(Wilson), and the first one in London was opened in 1652 (EB). The earliest
>use of the word in English is in 1592, in a passage describing its use in
>Turkey (OED) .

>It appears that coffee is out of period for European feasts and late period
>for Islamic ones.

That's what I thought I remembered for Europe.  I don't think tea is any
better, but *please* (whimper, beg) correct me if I am incorrect.  I know
chocolatl is out of period.

Derdriu