Coffee-house
Coffee was first introduced to Western Europe in the mid-17th century and quickly became extremely popular; the first recorded coffee-house outside the Ottoman Empire opened its doors in Venice in 1645 and the first one in England opened in Oxford five years later. The coffee-houses of 17th- and 18th-century Europe were places of socializing, business, and the exchange of news and gossip.
News & hot coffee . . .
Coffee-house expansion
The Coffee-house has been significantly expanded to emphasize new publication projects, research and development, and scholarly communications:
Projects
— new digital editions exclusive to EE
— geographical, stylistic & topical R&D
— translation projects
Events
— EE Colloquia
— LeClerc Festschrift
Contributors
— linking a growing network of people and organisations interested in correspondence
