Tag Archive 'chiado'

Trip Report: Lisbon Espresso

Posted by TheShot on 08 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: Café Society, Foreign Brew, Restaurant Coffee

In a previous post, I noted some generalizations about the espresso in Portugal. For this post, I’ve selected a few notable cafés to review in Portugal’s political and cultural capital, Lisbon.

Name
Address
Neighborhood
Espresso [info]
Cafe [info]
Overall [info]

A Brasileira
Rua Garrett, 120
Chiado
6.60
7.00
6.800

Café Nicola
Rua 1° Dezembro, [...]

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Nespresso coffee shops around the world: Why?

Posted by TheShot on 06 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: Beans, Consumer Trends, Foreign Brew, Home Brew, Machine

Here’s an item in today’s news: Nestle reportedly to open luxury coffee shop in Brazil - MarketWatch. In some parts of the world, Nestlé’s Nespresso system, at least on the surface, appears to be making money hand-over-fist for them. Part of Nestlé’s strategy has been to open up Nespresso stores in places such as Geneva, [...]

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