They serve the best Arabica espresso in town — as it should be: balanced, aromatic and with a very vivid citrus essence. Hallelujah! Since my last trip to Colombian coffee triangle (comprising the regions of Pereira, Manzanales and Armenia), a few years ago, I was dreaming of a legitimate Arabica espresso — I’m sorry to say that in Portugal the Robusta variety (used primarily in ground coffee blends) is by far dominant — and I finally got it in Lisbon,…
One time was not enough, so I went more than once to Nicolau Lisboa, in Baixa (Downtown Lisbon, between Rua da Prata and Rua dos Douradores) to be certain of my impressions towards it. Thumbs up for the idea…
Coffee and magazines. Can it get any better than this? Hardly if we are talking about coffee shops. The trend is not new, but it took us a while in Lisbon, where espressos are cheap (and part of our…
Does the world, and specially Lisbon, need another hipster coffee shop? As a coffee lover, my answer is bring it on but (there is always a but), please, make it worth my money since Portugal has never been short…
Things are a little bit different now, but if you ask us, Portuguese, what we miss the most abroad, coffee (an espresso to be precise) will be at the top of our list. George Mendes is a Portuguese descent…
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