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THE FIRST BOSNIAN Taverns ⚜❤

The first tavern we know of in Bosnia existed in Sarajevo in 1592. Banja Luka belongs to the second oldest place that had its own tavern. From a trust deed written on May 21, 1617, we know about the first cafe owner named Husein, who signed the trust deed as a witness. Therefore, Sarajevo and Banja Luka had a tavern before Paris (1671) and Vienna (1683). The very act of roasting coffee was a state monopoly in the Ottoman Empire, so neither coffee makers nor private individuals were allowed to roast coffee. Coffee roasting was done in state roasters called tahmis. The state leased out the revenues of the tahmis. It is known that in 1866 the Banja Luka tahmis was issued in the amount of 6,500 groschi for one year. Sarajevo, Bijeljina and Banja Luka had the highest consumption of coffee in the Bosnian ejalet. Considering that in the mentioned places the prescribed amount of coffee was always consumed at the end of the year, chickpeas or chickpeas, which were fried and ground, were used as a substitute for coffee.
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