- Coffee house
, IN the 60s, coffee houses were adopt-
ed by the hippie culture as their
“scene,”

The scent of fresh-brewed coffee became
as prominent as the smell of incense. Over the
ycars, the.coffec house has slowly evolved to

reflect its original intent — to serve as a coms-
. Munity meeting place.

The growth of the new-style coffee house
as ‘a-neighborhood gathering spot is often
attributed to the West Coast artistic commu-
nity that. included writers, musicians and

-arusts. Gary. Taylor, who owns the Second
Cup in Lonsdale Quay in Vancouver, is an
integral part of the West Coast coffee scene.
“The roots of the café phenomenon are in
the community,” he comments. “Our cus-
tomers want a comfortable, familiar environ-

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ment where they can sit back and relax with a
great cup of coffee.

While Second Cup sets the standards for
today’s coffee houses, the purpose of the cof
fee house has changed very little since the first
one opened in Turkey more than 500 years
ago.

8 From its Arabic roots, the coffee house
moved to Europe where it evolved into the
splendid. salon-style cafés of the 17th and
18th century, attracting a more cultivated
crowd, ;

Tt was in these coffee houses during the
Age of Enlightenment where men of letters
like Dickens, Goethe and Proust went to
enjoy a cup and to indulge in lengthy discus-
sions of literature, politics, economics and sci-
ence — a characteristic of cafés that still exists
today. ;

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THE coffee boom of
the 90s has elevated
coffee consumption to
new heigits,

Canadians consume 25
million cups of coffee every
year — and the average coffee
drinker has three cups daily.

More and more Canadians
are changing to special
roasts, espresso-based drinks
such as caffe lattes and cap-
puccinos and even flavored
coffees.

Behind the rapid rise of
coffee to gourmet status is a
community of devotees who
view coffee houses as their
home away from home.

Some committed coffee
pourmands chase the perfect

rew from coffee shop to cof-
fee shop, while others will set-
tle on one café and one type
of grind for an unvarying rou-
tine. It is nice, after all, to have
a place to call home and it
goes without saying that hav-
ing two such places is twice as
good.

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This Mother’s Day, from 10:00am to —
2:30pm, we will be serving a delectable
Brunch prepared by the Bridge House
Restaurant’s fabulous new executive chef,

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