@Xenograg nope.
SE and and SW Europe had cafes in the times that inspire our games. Plus, non-European based play is valid. MENA and West Africa had coffee culture going back to the 8th century, possibly earlier depending on how you define 'coffee'
@bedirthan@Xenograg Accurate, though to me it still feels anachronistic just because of how prominent coffee is in modern real-world cultures. I think chocolate has a similar problem with having been "modernized" despite being quite old in South America.
@epicanis@Xenograg Ottoman (and pre-Ottoman in the same regions) cafe culture was quite similar to the first wave specialty coffee scene in the US - very third place, cross cultural with lots of art, philosophy and political discourse.
@Xenograg@epicanis I nearly finished a 25 page paper on the Ottoman influence on modern coffee culture for my major, but then my work in the coffee tasting room stopped letting me out to meet with the prof