The earliest coffee shop in Central Asia is called Kaveh Kanes, which was built in Mecca. Although originally for religious purposes, these places soon became centers for playing chess, chatting, singing, dancing and listening to music. Since Mecca, cafes have spread all over Aden, Medina and Cairo. Egypt 15 17 in North Africa. After Sam Lim I conquered Egypt, coffee was brought to Constantinople, where people gradually developed the habit of drinking coffee. Coffee was introduced to Damascus in 1530, and to Aleppo in 1532. People there developed this habit one after another. The most famous cafes in Damascus are Cafe Rose and Cafe Salvation Gate. Although there were no cafes in Constantinople until 1554, these cafes soon became famous for their luxurious decoration because shopkeepers competed to attract customers. They have become places for social and business negotiations, and gradually become the center of political debate. At different times, the government banned the production of coffee-once, coffee defenders were sewn into purses and thrown into the Bosphorus-but after taxing coffee, it gained legal status. Italy in continental Europe, now the cafe in Florence, Venetian merchants spread coffee to continental Europe in 16 15. It appeared in Europe several years later than tea and many years later than cocoa. Tea began to be sold in Europe in 16 10, but it was brought to Europe from the New World by the Spanish in 1528. When coffee first appeared in Italy, some priests thought that coffee was an evil product and should be strictly prohibited. Archbishop Clement VIII (1592- 1605) decided to taste coffee himself. As a result, he likes the taste of coffee very much. Instead of banning it, he announced that "coffee should be crowned as a real Christian drink". At first, coffee was sold at a high price as a medicine, and some small vendors selling lemonade sold it in large quantities. Bottega Cafe, the earliest Italian cafe that can be recognized, opened in Venice in 1863 (another unreliable statement is 1645). 1720, Floriano Francescari of France opened Florian Cafe in St. Kyle Square, which is one of the most famous and expensive cafes in the world (excluding Japanese style). Cafes are still called cafes in Italy and cafes in other parts of Europe. Since then, cafes have spread all over Italy, and most of them are in Venice. Quadri was the first businessman to sell real Turkish coffee. 1775, he opened a coffee shop. Later, Tuscany (Duc di Toscania), Rusija (), Tamerlan (Tamerlano), Fantae di Diana, Dame venete, Pace, Arabo-piastrelle and others all ran coffee shops one after another. 1650 The first coffee shop in England was opened by a man named Jacob in Oxford. About four years later, a second cafe, Cirques Johnson, appeared in Oxford. It is said that the operator is also a man named Jacob. A coffee club was born in a private house near All Souls'College, which later became the first coffee shop of the Royal Society 1652 in London. It is located in St Michael's Lane, Cornhill, and was founded by pascua Rossi. Roche may be Greek. This cafe has become a model for many later cafes, the most famous of which is Moore Cafe in Exeter, Devon. Sir Walter Raleigh used to drink coffee and smoke a pipe there. The most famous coffee shop in London was founded in 1688 by Edward Lioyd. It was originally located in Tower Street and later moved to Lombard Street. For the convenience of customers, Lloyd always prepares many forms to register the ships insured by customers. Later, the Lloyd family established the largest private insurance company in the world. The first two cafes in Boston were Cafe London and Cafe Guterres, which opened in 169 1 year respectively. The most famous is the Green Dragon, 1773, the largest, most expensive and gorgeous coffee exchange in the world. Built in 1808. It is a seven-story building modeled after Lloyd's Cafe in London, costing 50,000 dollars, but it was destroyed by fire only 10 years later. 1683, new york began to have a market mainly selling green coffee beans, so that coffee soon replaced master beer and became the main drink in breakfast. Willian Penn once ordered some coffee beans from Pennsylvania in new york. The first coffee shop in new york was King's Arms, which opened at 1696. Then came the Exchange Cafe, which opened on Broadway at 1730 and later became a major trade center. But compared with the coffee shop of the merchant, it is eclipsed. 1784, it was in the merchant cafe that the Bank of new york was established, and the first shares were issued in 1790. On the other hand, Tongting, located on Wall Street and Water Street, has been the headquarters of new york Stock Exchange for 65,438+00 years. In Philadelphia, the third most famous city in the early history of the United States, the earliest cafe opened at1700-it was called Ye Cafe at that time, and its main competitor was London Cafe. Coffee shops in America are different from those in Europe. It is the center where conservatives gather, not the world of radicals, Republicans or literati. In some cities lacking public buildings, cafes are often places where city councilors try and hold meetings.