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From Istanbul to Oxford

The Origins of Coffee Drinking in England

January 14, 2020 – March 15, 2020
Every day 10am–5pm, Gallery 29
Free admission

Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PH (Opposite the Randolph Hotel)


The first coffee house in England opened in Oxford in 1651, but the story of coffee began many years earlier in the Ottoman Empire. Discover how coffee made its way to England through an exploration of both Ottoman coffee-related objects and English adaptations, which illustrate the fascinating and complex relationship between the two powers at the time.


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