<P> In the 17th century , coffee appeared for the first time in Europe outside the Ottoman Empire , and coffeehouses were established , soon becoming increasingly popular . The first coffeehouses appeared in Venice in 1629 , due to the traffic between La Serenissima and the Ottomans ; the very first one is recorded in 1645 . The first coffeehouse in England was set up in Oxford in 1650 by a Jewish man named Jacob at the Angel in the parish of St Peter in the East . A building on the same site now houses a cafe - bar called The Grand Cafe . Oxford 's Queen 's Lane Coffee House , established in 1654 , is also still in existence today . The first coffeehouse in London was opened in 1652 in St Michael 's Alley , Cornhill . The proprietor was Pasqua Rosée , the servant of a trader in Turkish goods named Daniel Edwards , who imported the coffee and assisted Rosée in setting up the establishment in St Michael 's Alley , Cornhill . </P>
<P> In the 17th century , coffee appeared for the first time in Europe outside the Ottoman Empire , and coffeehouses were established , soon becoming increasingly popular . The first coffeehouses appeared in Venice in 1629 , due to the traffic between La Serenissima and the Ottomans ; the very first one is recorded in 1645 . The first coffeehouse in England was set up in Oxford in 1650 by a Jewish man named Jacob at the Angel in the parish of St Peter in the East . A building on the same site now houses a cafe - bar called The Grand Cafe . Oxford 's Queen 's Lane Coffee House , established in 1654 , is also still in existence today . The first coffeehouse in London was opened in 1652 in St Michael 's Alley , Cornhill . The proprietor was Pasqua Rosée , the servant of a trader in Turkish goods named Daniel Edwards , who imported the coffee and assisted Rosée in setting up the establishment in St Michael 's Alley , Cornhill . </P>
where were the first european coffee houses opened
where were the first european coffee houses opened
Venice
Venice