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Just want to taste the beautiful original taste of Brazilian coffee in the country of origin, why is it so difficult!

Brazil, which I like, and the United States, where I live for a long time, are obviously not good friends.

Holders of American passports do not need visas in almost most countries in the world, with the exception of Brazil, which is extremely expensive. The Brazilian consulate just shrugged and said in soft, sweet Brazilian Portuguese, "treat him in his own way." (huh? Isn't that what Zhu Xi said? ) because Brazil, as an unimpeded big country in South America, is dismissive of the American policy of discriminating against Brazilian passport holders (what Brazilians don't know is that the United States should discriminate against all non-Americans, right? )

Brazil is one of the most famous coffee producing countries in the world. I am also a person who likes to drink coffee and drinks countless cups of black coffee every day. Naturally, I am looking forward to going to Brazil to drink coffee from the origin.

Unexpectedly, when I walked into a cafe in Rio and took it for granted to order "Caff é Americano", the clerk looked at me with empty beautiful eyes.

Huh? Don't you understand?

In desperation, I ordered a latte. However, Brazil is like many vast developing countries, because the refrigerated transport technology and equipment are limited, and the price is high, so it is usually unable to drink fresh milk, but replaced with long-lasting milk, the flavor is naturally poor.

The next day I changed to another restaurant and tried to order American coffee. Sure enough, I failed again. Even so, I drank the most typical Brazilian coffee é zinho, that is, espresso in an almost one-to-one ratio of espresso to sugar. The local cafeteria usually put a pot at the checkout counter and have a drink while waiting in line to pay the bill.

Just want to taste the beautiful original taste of Brazilian coffee in the country of origin, why is it so difficult!

In this way, a week or two passed. Suddenly one day, when I was helplessly drinking a cappuccino in the same coffee shop, I suddenly saw the local people at the next table drinking my coveted American coffee.

I immediately bounced up from my seat, ran to the counter and followed the cashier behind the high glass counter, tilted my feet and raised my head, like an angry little boy, pointed to the guest's cup of coffee and said, "that's what I want!"

In many traditional cafes in Brazil, you have to pay at the cashier and get a receipt before you order with the clerk behind the counter, so you have to think about everything you want to eat and drink, and you can't think of anything. This is really a great loss for foreigners who are not good at Portuguese, because it is really difficult to describe the traditional pastry I want to eat but do not know what to call it, so I have to start to compare hands and feet in disgrace. I suspect that the Brazilians did it on purpose. It must be interesting to see foreigners flushed, struggling and angry.

The cashier sighed and came out from behind the glass counter, only to find that she was so short. All the people standing in line behind me looked helplessly as the cashier glanced at the table where I pointed. The cashier picked his eyebrows and said, "Caf é Carioca!"

What the heck! In cafes all over the world, as long as you say "American coffee", you can easily drink a cup of espresso with hot water. The only exception is that when you hate beauty to an artistic Brazil, you call American coffee "Caf é Carioca" in order to stir up ethnic hatred.

After tossing about for a long time, I finally drank the original black coffee, picked up the cup contentedly and took a sip full of anticipation.

"mm-hmm. It really doesn't taste good. "

Later, I learned that all the good coffee in Brazil was exported, but about 1/5 of the defective beans that were of poor quality and could not be exported became domestic sales in Brazil's domestic market and became coffee that Brazilians drink every day. So if you don't add anything, you'll get the original taste of shoddy coffee.

"what a fool I am! Why do you lock your taste experience in a cup of American coffee you are familiar with when you travel to expand your life experience? "

In Rio, you still have to drink a small cup of Madai tea and a small cup of coffee é zinho on the civilian white beach of Copacabana, barefoot and carrying two thermos, one pot of Mate tea and one pot of coffee é zinho.

All Brazilian restaurants have espresso coffee. Pour a cup of coffee yourself after a full meal, because the best coffee beans are exported, and only inferior coffee is left for domestic use, so you have to add a lot of sugar to make it palatable, but over time, it has become a part of the culture. Every Brazilian will drink it as a happy end to a meal.