I was in Lisbon for a few days recently looking at sights and sampling the food. We went to a couple of specialty coffee shops I found on google and had espresso at pastry shops as well. Although the specialty shops were excellent, they served the same kind of modern coffee we talk about on Home-Barista. The bakeries we tried offered very tasty local pastries, which were accompanied by mediocre Italian-style espresso. Whereas the food in Portugal is very particular, it seemed odd to find that the coffee is so International. Or maybe we just went to the wrong places!

I didn't come across it.

I meant to visit A Brasileira, which I was aware of from tourist materials, but we couldn't fit it into our already busy days. The decor alone seems a good reason for a return trip to Lisbon.