"1. 1700's England? Nope, people are too serious back then." I found the perspective in your post interesting, but I have to suggest that you research 'coffee

"1. 1700's England? Nope, people are too serious back then." I found the perspective in your post interesting, but I have to suggest that you research 'coffee shops' in London in the earlier 1700s. They declined towards the end of that century for reasons that could be quite interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_coffeehouses_in_the_17th_and_18th_centuries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_coffeehouses_in_the_17... Any references for Baghdad in 1000s? Sounds interesting.