This slideshow explores a detailed miniature of an Ottoman coffeehouse. The painting dates to around 1620 in Istanbul, nearly 70 years after the first coffeehouse opened in the capital. Click through the slides to learn about how men drank coffee and what went on in coffeehouses.
Image Source:
Coffee House Scene (Recto) and Persian Calligraphy (Verso), Folio from an Ottoman Album, ca. 1620. The Chester Beatty Library.