| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 6471983 | Anyone who started a quarrel had to atone for it by buying a dish of coffee for everyone present. | coffee-houses | Tom Standage | |
| 822d60e | When coffee became popular in Oxford and the coffee houses selling it began to multiply, the university authorities tried to clamp down, worrying that coffee houses promoted idleness and distracted members of the university from their studies | coffee-houses studying distraction | Tom Standage |