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Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East (Publications on the Near East) by Ralph S. Hattox is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Drawing on the accounts of early European travelers, original Arabic sources on jurisprudence and etiquette, and treatises on coffee from the period, the author recounts the colorful early history of the spread of coffee and the influence of coffeehouses in the medieval Near East. Detailed descriptions of the design, atmosphere, management, and patrons of early coffeehouses make fascinating reading for anyone interested in the history of coffee and the unique institution of the coffeehouse in urban Muslim society

Author

Ralph S. Hattox

Publisher

Distributed by University of Washington Press

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780295805498

Subjects

History, Folklore, Anthropology

Rating

3.53 / 5 (55 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14