The above is a variation of Old Blue Eyes’, Frank Sinatra’s, lead off of his 1980 classic “New York New York”. But now we hop into the time machine and back it up three centuries. We’ll let the NCA-National Coffee Association-website take it from there. “European travelers to the Near East brought back stories of an unusually dark black beverage. By the 17th Century, coffee had made its way to Europe and was becoming popular across the continent.” A paragraph later it was written that “coffee house were quickly becoming centers of social activity and communication in the major cities of England, Austria, France, Germany and Holland. In England ‘penny universities’ sprang up, so called because for the price of a penny one could purchase a cup of coffee and engage in stimulating conversation….Coffee began to replace the common breakfast beverages of the time, beer and wine.” What a way to swing into your day, with Lager and Vino. But coffee apparently moved in. It was big time. It was in Europa!