All the Types of Coffee served in Portugal [PT & EN subs]

There are so many types of coffee served in Portuguese coffee shops, that even natives get confused sometimes, let alone foreigners.

In this video, we will demystify the whole thing. Mr Jorge, who has worked in the sector for over 40 years, is going to help us understand what are the types of coffee served in Portugal and how strong each one is.

Already living in Portugal? Which one is your favorite?

Enjoy!

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  1. Muito obrigado Carla por este vรญdeo tรฃo interessante. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ
    Entรฃo, um pingado รฉ igual como um garoto escuro, nรฃo รฉ?!

    1. Obrigada Ossama ๐Ÿ˜Š

      Desculpe, com base no que eu disse no vรญdeo, pode parecer que o garoto escuro seja a mesma coisa que o pingado, mas na realidade o pingado tem sempre mais cafรฉ do que o garoto, porque o garoto รฉ uma bebida mais fraca, por isso tem sempre mais leite do que cafรฉ – se for escuro รฉ porque simplesmente tem mais quantidade de cafรฉ do que um garoto normal (ou um garoto claro) ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿฝ

  2. italiana 0:30
    cafรฉ curto 0:52
    cafรฉ duplo 1:10
    cafรฉ / bica / expresso / cimbalino 1:45
    cafรฉ cheio 2:30
    garoto / pingo 2:58
    cafรฉ pingado 3:25
    cafรฉ sem princรญpio / escorrido 3:50
    carioca 4:05
    cafรฉ com cheirinho 4:35
    em descafeinado 5:00
    abatanado 5:35
    cappuccino 6:10
    meia de leite / galรฃo 6:55
    escaldado 7:43
    carioca de limรฃo 8:35

  3. Obrigada ! era el video que necesitaba amo el cafรฉ, ahora se cual tomar cuando vaya a Portugal. Saludos desde Argentina!

    1. โค๏ธ Ficamos contentes por lhe poder ajudar! E desejamos-lhe desde jรก uma boa estadia quando vier a Portugal ๐Ÿค—

  4. Posso fazer uma pergunta?ย  O Srย Jorge disse (7:58) “onde a gente faz”. Jรก deparei-me com esta forma significando “we”ย  mas na forma singular, portanto “where we make..”. A minha pergunta รฉ porquรช? Alguรฉm podia explicar-me por que razรฃo nรฃo diz apenas “nรณs fazemos”?ย  ย Daria uma nuanca diferente? ย Muito obrigada.

    1. โ€œA genteโ€ (com o artigo!) รฉ uma variaรงรฃo corrente (ou familiar) do pronome โ€œnรณsโ€, ambos tรชm o mesmo significado. Embora, por vezes e nรฃo tรฃo commumente, โ€œa genteโ€ possa ser usado para nos referirmos a um grupo de pessoas (um povo) que nรฃo nos inclui, ou seja, em inglรชs podemos traduzir โ€œa genteโ€ como โ€œthe peopleโ€ – portanto, deve prestar atenรงรฃo ao contexto ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ

  5. Jรก fui a esta pastelaria num fim de semana e adorei, foi uma รณtima experiรชncia!

    Tรชm coisas muito boas, de crescer รกgua na boca mesmo ahaha, delicioso ~

    A rapariga que me atendeu foi super simpรกtica, 5 estrelas mesmo! Super querida e engraรงada โ˜†

    Quando for a Sintra, tenho que passar por lรก, valeu mesmo a pena visitar!!!!

    Recomendo vivamente ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿป

    1. Sim, รฉ um espaรงo muito agradรกvel com umas montras sempre muito bem apresentadas e difรญceis de resistir ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜‹

      E o atendimento รฉ impecรกvel!

      Obrigada por partilhar a sua boa experiรชncia ๐Ÿ˜Š

    1. Yes for the Portuguese Bica/expresso is the normal black cup of coffee, but thatโ€™s the small cup – very strong. But in case for you a normal straight black cup of coffee is something bigger and a little more diluted, then make sure to ask for the abatanado or abatanado cheio ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ

  6. Achei bastante confuso ๐Ÿ˜…, mas obrigada pelo seu trabalho! Podia fazer um resumo de poucos minutos โ˜บ๏ธโ˜บ๏ธ

    1. Infelizmente รฉ confuso atรฉ para os nativos ๐Ÿ˜‚ a pequena imagem do cafรฉ em cada variedade poderรก ser de ajuda ๐Ÿ˜‰

  7. Hi Carla, Iโ€™m learning Portuguese and am a native Spanish speaker. I find it easier to understand some speakers and others Iโ€™m just lost. I very much understand both of you on this video and was wondering if you could share which region you the gentlemen are. Iโ€™m curious if I am finding certain regions to understand easier. Thanks.

    1. Olรก, N Maiso ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿฝ Iโ€™m not sure where sr. Jorge is from but Iโ€™d say heโ€™s from the Grande Lisboa area and so am I. Thatโ€™s probably the accent youโ€™ve been exposed to before and therefore easier for you to understand ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ Also, itโ€™s not just about the accent but how clearly some people pronounce their words and obviously the speed in which they speak will also make a difference.

  8. Nรฃo perguntou ao Senhor Jorge sobre o Cafรฉ Americano. Eu tambรฉm acho que deveria haver um Cafรฉ Canadiano. Talvez algum dia.

    1. Olรก ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿฝ penso que o equivalente do americano em Portugal serรก o โ€œabatanadoโ€ โ˜บ๏ธ

    2. @evacookie913 ร‰ bom que os proprietรกrios de cafรฉs nรฃo pensem da mesma forma que vocรช. Encomendei um Americano em 20 cafรฉs diferentes e fui servido e ninguรฉm hesitou por um momento.

  9. Hands down, the most awesome videos/Portuguese lessons online! Your videos make me very, very happy! ๐Ÿ˜

  10. I have listened to this three times so far as we will be in the north for a month soon. Thank goodness for slow playback to help me pronounce what we will try and order :). What is a macchiato called and can I shorten descafeinado to decaf some how or just learn the whole word? It sounded like he was saying descaf?โ€ฆ. Obrigada, this is super helpfulโ˜•๏ธโ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿ‘

    1. Macchiato in Portuguese is cafรฉ pingado. And Iโ€™m afraid we say the who word for decaf: descafeinado.
      So phonetically you will ask for: ca-FEH peenโ€™GAH-doo dโ€™sh-ca-fay-NAH-doo ๐Ÿ˜

      Hope you have a lovely time in Portugal!

    2. @Portuguese With Carla Muito obrigada Carla! So sweet of you to phonetically spell it out for me! Thatโ€™s really kind! And itโ€™s fine to have the whole word, this way I get more courage to have to say the whole order ๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿ’ช. I thought macchiato was pingado but wasnโ€™t sure so thank you for setting me straight! We will be cycling Portugal for a month and certainly will be asking for coffees everywhere!

    3. @amanda Tkids wow your trup to Portugal sounds like itโ€™s going to be an exciting one! ๐Ÿค— have fun and enjoy your pingados!

    4. @Portuguese With Carla Obrigada Carla! With your help and guidance, I may actually get what I will be ordering everywhere:)๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšดโ˜•๏ธโ˜•๏ธ

  11. Obrigada pelo esse vรญdeo interessante, Carla! ๐Ÿ’—
    Fico zonza com tantos tipos de cafรฉ que existam em Portugal ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿคฃ… ainda mais que aqui em Viena.
    Como รฉ que um empregado novo vรก lembrar todo isso? ๐Ÿค”

    1. De nada, Sabrina. Tens razรฃo, eu tambรฉm ๐Ÿ˜„
      Acho que รฉ realmente um desafio para qualquer empregado! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

  12. Cannot believe how many different coffees there are in Portugal! ๐Ÿ˜… The video was very fun! Need more explanation on the differences between each one ๐Ÿ˜€

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