All about coffee by William H. Ukers

CHAPTER XIII

HISTORY OF COFFEE IN OLD NEW YORK The burghers of New Amsterdam begin to substitute coffee for "must," or beer, for breakfast in 1668--William Penn makes his first purchase of coffee in the green bean from New York merchants in 1683--The King's Arms, the first coffee house--The historic Merchants, sometimes called the "Birthplace of our Union"--The coffee house as a civic forum--The Exchange, Whitehall, Burns, Tontine, and other celebrated coffee houses--The Vauxhall and Ranelagh pleasure gardens Page 115