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The Coffee Court | 105 - H McReynolds Street ~ PO Box 1427 | Carthage, North Carolina 28327 | 910-947-1108
Where do you go when you want to know the latest business news, follow commodity prices, keep up with political gossip, find out what others think of a new book, or stay abreast of the latest scientific and technological developments?
Today, the answer is
obvious - you log on to the internet. Three centuries ago, the answer was
just as easy - you went to a coffee house. There, for the price of a cup
of coffee, you could read the latest pamphlets, catch up on news and
gossip, attend scientific lectures, strike business deals, or chat with
like-minded people about literature or politics.
The coffee houses that sprang up across Europe, starting around 1650,
functioned as information exchanges for writers, politicians,
businessmen and scientists. Like today's websites, web blogs and
discussion boards, coffee houses were lively and often unreliable
sources of information that typically specialized in a particular topic
or political viewpoint. They were outlets for a stream of newsletters,
pamphlets, advertising free sheets and broadsides.
Depending on the interests of their customers, some coffee-houses displayed commodity prices, share prices and shipping lists, whereas others provided foreign newsletters filled with coffee house gossip from abroad. Today it is newspapers and computers.
Until now, coffee houses were serving regular coffee. Then came espresso.
In 1946, Gaggia invented the commercial piston espresso machine, which was far easier to use and safer than earlier models. The Gaggia coffee bar, in Italy, was the first location to use these machines and to offer espresso along with the regular coffee. The modern age of coffee houses was born. And who could forget the most popular and wide spread coffee house of them all, Starbucks. They opened their first store in 1971, in Seattle and have taken the world by storm with more than 8,000 locations.
Whether you prefer the wide spread chains or the local independent coffee house such as The Coffee Court, you're taking a step into a long history of coffee each time you stop in for a cup.
The Coffee Court follows that same grand tradition serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with fifty five kinds of gourmet coffee's, including espresso, along with deli style specialty sandwiches, soups, salads, pastries and desserts - all in a comfortable, relaxing and friendly atmosphere.
Food Menu | Coffee Menu | Coffee Recipe's | In The Kitchen | Today's Weather | Send Us Email
The Coffee Court | 105 - H McReynolds Street ~ PO Box 1427 | Carthage, North Carolina 28327 | 910-947-1108