Maximilien Misson Quote
Of London coffeehouses in the late 1600s:
You have all Manner of News there: You have a good Fire, which you may sit by as long as you please: You have a Dish of Coffee; you meet your Friends for the Transaction of Business, and all for a Penny, if you don't care to spend more.
Drummond, J.C.; Wilbraham, Anne (1957). The Englishman's food: a history of five centuries of English diet. (Rev. ed. ed.). London: Cape. p. 116. ISBN 978-0224601689. This source cites Misson; citation needed for original statement.
