It was brought to England in 1650 by a Turk named Pasqua Rosee

It was brought to England in 1650 by a Turk named Pasqua Rosee who opened the first coffee house in Lombard Street in the City of London. By the late 15th century it had arrived in Mecca and Turkey from where it made its way to Venice in 1645. Certainly the first record of the drink is of beans exported from Ethiopia to Yemen where Sufis drank it to stay awake all night to pray on special occasions. 1 The story goes that an Arab named Khalid was tending his goats in the Kaffa region of southern Ethiopia, when he noticed his animals became livelier after eating a certain berry He boiled the berries to make the first coffee.

I was quite pleased with it but then as soon as I walked back into the room, my little boy Myles went, ‘Ooh, hello, Willy Wonka’.” ‘The Best Man’ is on ITV1 on 20 & 21 March. And when I get to the age where I can actually play mothers, I won’t be sitting at home pregnant.” A couple of days after our photographer visited, Hawes had her hair cut into a Louise Brooks-style bob, in a bid for sophistication She tells the story against herself with wry humour “I had it done in a mad moment in New York. But it’s a good position to be in, I think, because if I have my children young, I’m very happy with that. I’ve been around for quite a long time so often people think I’m older than I am.

But it’s very strange because I’m suddenly going up for things and being told I’m too young. If I had time to save only one thing from a fire that’s the one I would pick.” As a teenager Hawes was described as “having the face of a boy and the body of a woman” She’s matured since then She admits she’s broody for a third child “I’m 30 tomorrow – 30, oh God. I’ve been sent a couple of scripts that haven’t been quite right. I think if you’ve not really done any before it has to be the right thing because people will be waiting for you to fall on your arse.” She’d love to work with the director Deborah Warner again “The Last September is the thing I’m most proud of really. “It’s a brilliant platform to surprise – and push – yourself.