The main theme of the reading is weather coffee houses were a waste of time or a good place for social engagements like political topics. Also weather coffee was actually good for you because it is a stimulant, and how controversial Coffee houses were due to that factor from the mid 16th hundreds to the mid 18th hundreds.
Something that stood out to me is that how people strongly opposed coffee houses in that century and without the occurrence of those coffee houses then we would most likely not have the coffee houses we have today like Adams brothers or Joes java or Starbucks, in which people go to enjoy the company of their friends and Coffee which makes the world go round if you are a college student.
I thought it was very interesting that something as simple as a coffee house could bring about so much controversy. However things like this happen today there is so much controversy over Mc Donald’s and how their food is really bad for you. A lot of people try to raise awareness to this factor and yet nobody chooses to listen or they don’t care. The movie Supersize created lots of controversy just like how political radicalism in coffee houses created lots of controversy as well.
-Amanda Webb