Ana Terra Coffee Store

Espresso tônica, and beans to carry out

The counter works in two directions: coffee to drink there and beans to take home. Ana Terra buys specialty coffee and sells it as a store as well as pouring it, so a cup can end with a bag. Espresso tônica is the drink that sets the tone, espresso over tonic and ice for something brighter and sharper than a milk-based order. Café mocachino covers the sweeter, fuller end of the list, and limonada is there for anyone who is not drinking coffee at all.

Lunch, cakes and gift baskets

This is not only a coffee counter. Lunch is part of the week, the case carries cakes and small bakes, and the business also puts together gift baskets and hosts events, which gives it a role in Criciúma beyond the morning. Pão de queijo is the staple to expect beside a coffee, with homemade cheesecake and chocolate cake on the sweet side and quiche, brigadeiro, canelés and macarons appearing around them. It is a daytime room used for meetings and long conversations as much as for a fast cup, which is what the lunch and events side is really for.

Order espresso tônica, then something sweet

Start with espresso tônica, the most distinctive coffee on the list and the quickest way to see how the beans are being handled. Take café mocachino instead if you want the sweeter version of the same coffee, and limonada if the visit is about sitting down rather than caffeine. Then eat: pão de queijo alongside the coffee, or cheesecake or chocolate cake to finish. If the beans are what brought you in, ask which coffee is open at the counter, drink it there first, and take a bag of the same one home.