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2012-03-23

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“ The Hoxton Square Coffeehouse was renowned for its inquisitions of insanity, where a suspected madman would be tied up and wheeled into the coffee room. A jury of coffee drinkers would view, prod and talk to the alleged lunatic and then vote on whether to incarcerate the accused in one of the local madhouses. ”

Dr Matthew Green in London cafes: the surprising history of London’s lost coffeehouses (via candace).

It’s incredibly tempting to make some sort of joke about Shoreditch, Nathan Barley, coffee-shops, and judging alleged lunatics, but you’ll have to put that one together on your own.

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  1. boncey said: The Coffee chapter in A History of the World in Six Glasses (tomstandage.wordpress.c…) mentions these coffee shops too - interesting times
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