Eating at a coffee house in the East End was dirt cheap, but at the price of a dirty and fetid atmosphere. Eating out cheap in 19th Century Victorian London didn’t mean eating well and it certainly wasn’t always healthy. The cooked meats could be tough, musty or tainted. And the coffee? Well, the name was no more than a misnomer, for the concoction that could be drunk with your crust of bread might look muddy like coffee, but be anything but: more likely a mix of chicory and plant refuse.

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CC BY - The NecessiTeas - Black tea, cocoa beans, barley, coffee beans, chicory, natural flavors by A Girl With Tea from USA
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