A cold winter morning in search of a cup of coffee. I found this place not far from where my hotel was in San Telmo. Note the US like name "Coffee Town." It says a lot in those two words. For example, if you truly want excellent quality coffee like the Americans drink, come here. For the several hours hanging out here, I saw only some Americans from NYC buy anything.
I spoke with the owner while enjoying an excellent cortado cafe. He said that for the most part, Argentines wont pay more for his coffee (ie$3 or so). I would say that is true for most Americans. I really got the sense his coffee was the only game in BA. Like he said, I have yet to find anything comparable in Montevideo. As a Brazilian banker explained it to me, all of the excellent quality robusta beans are sold to exclusive coffee shops in the US. So the South Americans drink the low quality beans.
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