Coffee

' Café '

The taste of times past, taste of family

Coffee that has been roasted at home,

That has been made on a stove at home, with wood from the forest nearby.

Coffee for ceremonial visitors,

Coffee for intimate guests,

Coffee for strangers, and for those who seek shelter.

Coffee for the morning, for the afternoon, for the night,

Coffee for all the hours of laughter or grief,

Coffee for the loyal hands and the open hearts,

Coffe for the ineffable weakness,

Treasure of all the miserable homes,

Under the hospitable lights of Brazil.

- Ribeiro Couto