Café Santa Rita do Quartel
On the highway between Águas da Prata and Poços de Caldas, just inside São Paulo at the State Line with Minas Gerais there is a famous Coffee Shop. It is located across the highway from the Santa Rita do Quartel coffee farm.
It is one of our favourite stops when traveling between the two cities. Join us as we explore this marvelous Coffee Shop.
There is a wonderful Greeter waiting for us at the door.
Off to the side there is a Greeter in Training.
The owners of the Coffee Shop met us at the door. They are Jeane and Daniel.
If Jeane doesn't serve us Vanessa serves us.
A display of Santa Rita do Quartel coffees and wines.
One of the big features of the Coffee Shop is the wide assorment of other products besides coffee. Here we see many liquores and liquor containers.
They feature coffee and other products from the Santa Rito do Quartel farm but they are private proprietors not part of the farm. The large gold packages contain coffee beans ready for you to grind yourself.
Here we see the famous gold coloured coffee bags and silver vacuum packed bags of ground coffee.
They serve food with the coffee and cappucino some of which are shown here in packages.
Here is a selection of liquors and special bottles for sale in the shop.
They serve a variety of Santa Rita do Quartel wines as they are in season.
They have on show a large variety of candies.
They sell a wide selection of items made by local artisans from the region, especially in Minas Gerais.
The variety of of items is quite amazing.
Here are jams and honeys and various samples of pottery made by regional artrisans.
This mannequin looks life like doesn't she.
Overhead is this beautiful toucan. When you pull the string its wings flap like a real toucan.
They have a selection of tasty hot snacks available such as the cheese bread. The day we were there the selection was limited as a large group had been there before us.
Jeane prepares a cappucino.
There is lots of comfortable wicker chairs and tables.
The side verandah is closed in but with big windows. There are large windows all around the shop.
More customers arriving.
This little boy wanted to see the horse but when his daddy tried too put him on the horse he cried very loudly.
Here is the view of the Coffee Shop from the highway. That house is where Jeane and Daniel live.
This is a view of the Santa Rita do Quartel farm across the highway.
A closer look at the little church that is on the label of the Santa Rita do Quartel coffee.
The Cometa Bus travels by every half hour oin both directions.
This is the grand view from the front window of the Coffee Shop. That is the Santa Rita do Quartel farm you can see. The small white church is very visible.
Sometimes you see a moto go by. Motos are a popular mode of travel in Brasil.
Sometimes two go by.
Maybe even three.
But these guys just rode past without stopping.
But this one stopped for a while. It was a man and a small boy out for a Saturday ride.
Did you notice something missing? The coffee we drank! We were enjoying the coffee and the Pão de Queijo so much I forgot to take pictures of them.
Next time I will take some photos before we drink it all. *SMILE*
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