That this paraphenalia was inextricably linked with coffeehouse culture is evidenced by the tokens put out by coffeehouse keepers because of the scarcity of small change. Stamped into these tokens were images of coffeepots, dishes, pipes and newspapers, thus emphasizing the association of these items with the coffeehouses.

Also found here is evidence of the correlation between coffee consumption and partaking of the exotica of the Orient. Tokens depicting the figurehead of Sultan and Sultanesses made the the linkage manifest. These tokens were replicas of the signs posted outside each coffeehouse, so that by 1715 at the height of the coffee fashion, when London had no less than 2000 coffeehouses, the streets were literally decorated with signs depicting European notions of the Orient.