Portuguese coffee shop culture

February 18th, 2007

Madeira climate allows you to relax sitting at a table outside a coffee shop, a restaurant, enjoying a drink, a snack or a meal. It’s usual for coffee shops and restaurants to have tables outside in the sun protected by sun umbrellas. 

Coffee shops are filled with all kinds of drinks; you can try the tasty Brisa juice or the Coral beer which are produced in Madeira and try the vast delicious pastry coffee shops have to offer you.
Historically very connected to coffee plantations in Africa and Brasil, drinking coffee is a strong actual habit by Portuguese people. The most common is an espresso (generally followed by a glass of water) which is drunk several times along the day, after lunch and dinner, and on its own during the day.        

Entry Filed under: Madeira Food