“Penny universities”—coffee shops—began to spring up everywhere in the city. Think about that terminology for a second here: these were places to gather and think. The contrast with pubs, the dominant mainstay, could not have been more stark."
Definitely true. The reigning men of letters of that period tended to associate there; John Dryden hung out at a place called Will's that was known for that. And the all-mighty insurance company Lloyd's of London was originally a coffee house where wealthy people in the shipping trade conducted business.
"The Destruction Of The Tea" is a far more accurate term than "Boston Tea Party". But, thanks to Lewis Carroll and "Alice In Wonderland", I tend to associate the term "tea party" with the antics of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare (and thus, insanity, since neither of them was clearly in their right mind...).
Great callback to a tea party I hadn't considered! Once again, person reading this besides David or me: the comments are almost always worth reading here. Readers seldom go "ooh" or "ahh", but have something interesting to add to the stuff I have to say.
Also: the insurance/Lloyds thing is another really interesting sidebar rabbit hole I've gone down, and really enjoyed.
I did a lot of research on ancient Sanskrit for my Anye Legacy novels discovering, among other things, that the word for coffee in those old old South Asian days was coffee.
For the cover of Resilient, I had the artist compose the background with an outdoor Cafe and neon sign written in Devanagari.
I have followers in India. A couple of them spotted it. A small payoff, but a big deal for me at the time.
I love it. Easter eggs that only a select few pick up on? Pretty cool little surprise if I'm one of those folks, and it's not really much of a loss if I'm not.
What's interesting about tea, is that it's also a fermented product.
“Penny universities”—coffee shops—began to spring up everywhere in the city. Think about that terminology for a second here: these were places to gather and think. The contrast with pubs, the dominant mainstay, could not have been more stark."
Definitely true. The reigning men of letters of that period tended to associate there; John Dryden hung out at a place called Will's that was known for that. And the all-mighty insurance company Lloyd's of London was originally a coffee house where wealthy people in the shipping trade conducted business.
"The Destruction Of The Tea" is a far more accurate term than "Boston Tea Party". But, thanks to Lewis Carroll and "Alice In Wonderland", I tend to associate the term "tea party" with the antics of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare (and thus, insanity, since neither of them was clearly in their right mind...).
Great callback to a tea party I hadn't considered! Once again, person reading this besides David or me: the comments are almost always worth reading here. Readers seldom go "ooh" or "ahh", but have something interesting to add to the stuff I have to say.
Also: the insurance/Lloyds thing is another really interesting sidebar rabbit hole I've gone down, and really enjoyed.
I did a lot of research on ancient Sanskrit for my Anye Legacy novels discovering, among other things, that the word for coffee in those old old South Asian days was coffee.
For the cover of Resilient, I had the artist compose the background with an outdoor Cafe and neon sign written in Devanagari.
I have followers in India. A couple of them spotted it. A small payoff, but a big deal for me at the time.
I love it. Easter eggs that only a select few pick up on? Pretty cool little surprise if I'm one of those folks, and it's not really much of a loss if I'm not.