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Caffè Florian is a coffee house situated in the Procuratie Nuove of Piazza San Marco, Venice.It was established in 1720 and is the oldest coffee house in continuous operation in Italy, and one of the oldest in the world (the oldest being Queen's Lane Coffee House in Oxford, [citation needed] founded in 1654).
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café (French: ⓘ), is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve iced coffee among other cold beverages, such as iced tea , as well as other non-caffeinated beverages.
"The Pedrocchi Cafe" became the first of six newspapers, which were named after the coffee house. [1] The ground floor was completed in 1831, while in 1839, the Gothic pastry shop called "Pedrocchino" was built. During the "Fourth Congress of Italian Scientists" in 1842, the rooms of the upper floor were inaugurated.
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Coffee was a popular beverage in Maltese high society—many coffee shops opened. [38] The first mention of coffee in a European text is in Charles de l'Ecluse's Aromatum et simplicium aliquot medica-mentorum apud Indos nascientum historia from 1575. He learnt of coffee from Alphoncius Pansius in Padua. [39]
Sometimes the meal is also called "tea". Although its function varies widely depending on the culture, teahouses often serve as centers of social interaction, like coffeehouses. Some cultures have a variety of distinct tea-centered houses of different types that all qualify under the English language term "teahouse" or "tearoom".
The main coffee port in Italy is Trieste where there is also a lot of coffee processing industry. [2] Italian coffee consumption, often espresso, is highest in the city of Trieste, with an average of 1500 cups of coffee per person per year. That is about twice as much as is usually drunk in Italy. [3]
Caffè Pascucci is an Italian coffeehouse chain, with branches in over 25 countries. [citation needed] The company, Pascucci Torrefazione S.p.A. , is headquartered in Monte Cerignone, Province of Pesaro and Urbino. Founded in 1883 by Antonio Pascucci, the company began trading coffee and other colonial products.