Comments on: how to order coffee in portugal

By: Mandy de Azevedo Coutinho

Mandy de Azevedo Coutinho — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:51:55 +0000

Great fun your blog! I have mentioned it on the “Amendoeiras em Flor, Places to Stay & Things to Do in Portugal & Spain” page on face book.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1019258424#!/pages/Amendoeiras-em-Flor-Places-to-Stay-Things-to-Do-in-Portugal-Spain/202918500800?ref=ts

By: Emma

Emma — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:28:53 +0000

Of course, that’s just such a lesson 1 mistake. der.

By: Vanda

Vanda — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:04:08 +0000

Bica is feminine, so it would be uma bica, not um bica. Um café works just as well, though, even in Lisbon!

By: DLoop

DLoop — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:39:27 +0000

Hello, I live in Portugal and I am preparing a video presentation of Portugal. i was impressed by your pictures of the coffee shops and was wondering if I may use on of them. Thank you.

By: Isabel

Isabel — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:39:00 +0000

Aha!

Agora da lista fazem parte limonada, mazagran (refresco de café), orchata (à base de amêndoa), chá gelado (à base de chá de jasmim), capilé (xarope natural à base de folha de avenca), groselha (xarope natural), leite perfumado (fervido com canela e limão, servido muito gelado), ginjinha, Licor Beirão, vinho do Porto, amêndoa amarga, moscatel de Setúbal.

http://aeiou.visao.pt/vai-de-refresco=f505957

By: frogdropping

frogdropping — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:14:39 +0000

Ahhh the coffee production relaes passed me by! It was a rather decadent day, if a little wet! And where are my fingers?! The only time I come close to being on camera and where’s me fingers lol!

I still love a meia de leite, though I largely drink a good old British cuppa at home now. When out it’s um bica, yum.

Beautiful pictures Emma. My first experience re professional photography. The added bonus being the scoffing of the props!

Thanks for a great day out in Lisbon

By: Isabel

Isabel — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:17:07 +0000

Chatting with a friend yesterday I was reminded of a coffee specialty that seems to have gone out of fashion, unfortunately (I bet that it will be recovered by Nestlé one of these days, like ice tea, so much worse than the real thing): masagrã! Or rather, it’s original French name, mazagran, that seems to mean the cup itself but for us is the drink: weak coffee with ice and a zest of lemon. Delightfully refreshing in the summer!

Oh, and our friend wiki tells us that Starbucks and Pepsi DID try to pull the stunt that Nestlé has pulled with ice tea, but failed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazagran

By: Cristina

Cristina — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:52:42 +0000

Reading the post & comments reminds me of the quirkiness of Portuguese coffee culture. When I travelled back for the first time with my Canadian husband, he was astonished of the sheer number of cafes in Lisboa (& that they were never empty). And likewise, I always chuckle when reminded of my mom’s experience with coffee once she immigrated to Canada–she couldn’t understand why people were drinking such huge amounts of weak coffee & why they insist nowadays to carry cups of this bad coffee around everywhere they go. Thanks for this post & photos. (fico com muito saudades) Cheers!

By: Isabel

Isabel — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:45:13 +0000

@Emma, I bet I know where! Either that or Ourém specializes in monster cakes! I just couldn’t believe the sizes they sell there.

By: rodrigo

rodrigo — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:49:58 +0000

@Emma, Will that be in Portugal or in Australia? How things going with the building?