UPDATED: 18th-century-inspired coffeehouse opens in Colonial Williamsburg

From the Detroit Free Press: "Visitors will be able to experience an 18th-Century-style coffeehouse when R. Charlton's Coffeehouse opens ... on Duke of Gloucester Street at the historic site.

"Free coffee, tea and hot chocolate inspired by 18th-Century recipes will be served in demitasse cups. Costumed reenactors will discuss with visitors how the consumption of these drinks related to colonial society, hospitality and political issues of the day, including trade and taxes..."

Now open; visit R. Charlton’s coffeehouse TODAY and enjoy Revolutionary City programming without a ticket! Can't make it that quickly? Be sure to stop by during the Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday.

From History.org: "On the same site more than 240 years ago, a Williamsburg wigmaker named Richard Charlton operated a popular coffeehouse, just a few steps from the colonial Capitol. Over cups of coffee, chocolate, and tea, Williamsburg’s gentlemen and politicians gathered to make deals, discuss business, learn the news from England, and exchange the latest gossip..."

photo courtesy of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation