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Cafezinho

Name: Cafezinho
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Brazil
Ingredients: 300ml Water; 2–3 tbsp Sugar; 4 tbsp (about 25g) Ground Coffee (dark roast)

Drink

⏱ 10 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Cafezinho is Brazil’s small, strong, sweet coffee: grounds stirred into sugared hot water and strained through a cloth filter. It’s offered to every guest, at home and at work.

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📖 The Story Behind This Drink

The name means "little coffee," and in Brazil — the world’s largest coffee producer — it’s everywhere. Homes, shops, even bank counters offer "um cafezinho?" as a sign of welcome. Traditional households still strain it through a cloth filter.

🌆 Where it’s enjoyed: After lunch the family gathers in the kitchen and knocks back sweet cafezinho from tiny cups, standing up.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Water 300ml
Sugar 2–3 tbsp
Ground Coffee (dark roast) 4 tbsp (about 25g)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat the water and sugar in a pot until the sugar dissolves.
Just before it boils (when small bubbles appear at the edge), turn off the heat, add the coffee, and stir once.
Strain straight away through a cloth filter (or paper filter) into a pot.
Pour into small demitasse cups and drink hot.

💡 Tips for Success

Brazilians traditionally sweeten the coffee while brewing. Use less sugar if you prefer.
Boiling the grounds makes it bitter, so turn off the heat before adding them.
Keep it in a thermos and sip small cups throughout the day, the Brazilian way. Great with pão de queijo.

🍽 Goes Well With

Pão de Queijo

Pudim de Leite

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