During the 18th century a new active culture evolved. Coffee
Houses sprang up all over London and attracted a variety of
patrons. The crowd at coffee houses included doctors, merchants,
writers, and politicians. Besides taverns, coffee houses were
the first place for people to meet and talk about different
issues. Runners were sent from coffee house to coffee house in
order to relay information on major events of the day. They
became a hub of news and inevitably a place where new ideas were
formed. To learn more about how the coffee houses influenced the
culture of London in the 18th century please follow the links
below. Coffee Houses: This page includes information on the most
famous coffee houses of the time. It also has information on the
type of clientele each attracted and a description of the
characteristics of each.   Creativity: This page includes
information on how the coffee house culture centered around
literature and how this affected several literary works and
writers of this time. .   Creations