Archaeologists excavating cellar find it full of bottles,crockery, jars and pipes from 18th-century Clapham’s coffeehouseClapham’s Coffeehouse closed down 250 years ago, and no doubt to the anguish of its regulars who met at the site in Cambridge to swap news and gossip,as well as drink cups of coffee and fragile china bowls of tea.
Against the traditional image of a Georgian coffeehouse, they also drank ale and wine and consumed hearty meals, and revived their drooping spirits with nourishing glasses of calf’s foot jelly. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk