Café Tinto

Café Tinto opened its doors on 18 July 2024 as Olhão's only deli and specialty coffee shop, a seven-minute walk from the town's central markets on Rua Manuel Lopes de Almeida. It is run by founders Mo and Talia: Mo spent years in Colombia working directly on coffee farms, learning to plant, cultivate, roast and prepare coffee, while Talia lived in Florence and brings an Italian sensibility to the shop's deli sandwiches, secret sauces and casual glasses of wine. All coffee is 100% Arabica with a minimum 85-point SCA score, changed every three to five weeks as small-batch lots move through, with the shop deliberately skipping syrups to let the beans speak for themselves. The espresso-based menu runs from an EUR 1.50 espresso to a EUR 4 cold brew (a 20-hour infusion), with oat milk for EUR 0.50 extra. Deli sandwiches (EUR 12, including IVA) are made fresh on freshly baked bread in daily-limited quantities, in four house recipes: La Española (serrano ham, chorizo, cheese, salad, tomato, black olives, Smokeshow sauce), L'Italiana (mozzarella, tomato, oregano, arugula, house vinaigrette, Smokeshow, balsamic glaze), La Française (turkey, salami, cheese, salad, tomato, house vinaigrette and Dijoão mayo) and A Portuguesa (pork loin, ham, cheese, pickle, Dijoão mayo). Café Tinto also runs a small curated gift shop of local and international goodies, sells gift certificates in store or digitally, and has said it is working on an online shop. It can be found on Instagram as cafetinto.pt, and is reachable by email at cafetintoportugal@gmail.com.