Caffeine Highs in Rio de Janeiro

Brazil is famous for its coffee production, but if you’re expecting to find Rio de Janeiro awash with the sophisticated coffee houses that line the streets of the United States and Western Europe, you could be in for a shock. Coffee culture in Rio exists, but it’s a very different beast from that which we’ve become accustomed to in the Northern Hemisphere. Here coffee is more about fueling the daily grind than relaxing and catching up with friends, and is typically served in plastic expres

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