Pasqua Rosée opened the first coffeehouse

Coffeehouse

A coffeehouse or coffee shop is an establishment which primarily serves prepared coffee or other hot beverages. It shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant, but it is different from a cafeteria. As the name suggests, coffeehouses focus on...

 in London

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 in 1652. The coffeehouse was located in St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill

Cornhill

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Rosée was born in Ragusa

Ragusa

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 in Sicily

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. A merchant named Daniel Edwards, a member of the Levant Company

Levant Company

The Levant Company, or Turkey Company, was an English chartered company formed in 1581, to regulate English trade with Turkey and the Levant...

 and a trader in Turkish goods, encountered Rosée at Smyrna

Smyrna

Smyrna was an ancient city located at a central and strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Thanks to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to prominence. The ancient city is located at two sites within modern İzmir, Turkey...

 in Anatolia

Anatolia

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, employed him as a manservant and brought him back to Britain.

Once there, Rosée and one Mr. Bowman, Edwards' coachman, set up the establishment. Its sign was Rosée's own head.

The Jamaica Wine House now occupies the same space.