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 London's coffee craze began in 1652 when Pasqua Rosee, the Greek servant of a coffee-loving British Levant merchant, opened London's first coffeehouse (or rather, coffee shack) against the stone wall of St Michael's churchyard in a labyrinth¹ of alleys² off Cornhill. Coffee was a smash hit; within a couple of years, Pasqua was selling over 600 dishes of coffee a day to the horror of the local tavern³ keepers. For anyone who's ever tried seventeenth-century style coffee, this can come as something of a shock - unless, that is, you like your brew⁴ "black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love", as an old Turkish proverb recommends, and shot through with grit⁵. It's not just that our taste buds have grown more discerning accustomed as we are to silky-smooth Flat Whites; contemporaries found it disgusting too. One early sampler likened it to a "syrup⁶ of soot⁷ and the essence of old shoes" while others were reminded of oil, ink, soot, and mud.

1. Who was Pasqua Rosee?

 A British Levant merchant

 A Greek servant

 A tavern keeper

 A coffee sampler

2. What did he open?

 London's first coffee house

 A London tavern

 London's first Greek restaurant

 A place to sample all kinds of drinks

3. How was the beverage⁸ described?

 Light, mild, and frothy

 Sweet, salty, and sour

 Golden, rich, and bitter

 Black, strong, and sweet

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1. A Greek servant

2. London's first coffee house

3. Black, strong, and sweet