1937 Sterling Coffee Spoons With Coffee Bean Finials - Set of 6

They have in Turkey a drink called coffa made of a berry of the same name, as black as soot, and of a strong scent, but not aromatical; which they take, beaten into powder, in water, as hot as they can drink it: and they take it, and sit at it in their coffa-houses, which are like our taverns. This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion. - Sir Francis Bacon, 1627 By the mid-17th century, the rich aroma of coffee had wafted into Britain, brought home by the East India Company alongside the earliest shipments of tea. The first coffee house opened its doors in 1651, and from that moment on, coffee began to brew itself into the fabric of British life. Over the next few centuries, what began as a fashionable indulgence in bustling cafés evolved into an everyday ritual, especially after companies like Hills Bros. began vacuum-packing coffee in 1900, making it readily available to households across the country. With this growing affection for coffee came the need for the