Coffee shops - not to be missed. Sure you get coffee - and a whole Cypriot experience!
In our village you’ve got a choice. A little caff run by some ex-pat Brits. And at least two traditional Cypriot coffee shops.
The caff run by the Brits is fine. It’s got a menu you’ll instantly recogise. It’s got a warm welcome. And it’s prices are at least three times those in the Cypriot coffee shops.
Cypriot coffee is a taste well worth acquiring. It’s strong. Very strong! And delicious. If you’ve got a hangover from an excess of Cypriot wine from the night before, this is guaranteed to blow the cobwebs away. For sure!
The food in coffee shops is good too. And stunning value. As an example, in our village you can get two coffees, two (large) toasted cheese and tomato sandwiches, and change out of €10. You won’t do that in Kato Paphos!
The conversation is wonderful. Open up to the locals, and they’ll open up to you. The bowl of grapes in the picture above was a freebie. And we were welcomed like long lost members of the family.
We’ve even accidentally found ourselves in somebody’s house. Easy mistake, there were people sat around drinking coffee. So we sat down too. And we managed to extricate ourselves a couple of hours later after life histories has been talked about and compared.
So be bold. Sit down. Smile and talk to the locals. You won’t regret it and you’ll experience the warmth of the real Cypriots.
Have you been to a coffee shop? Tell us about your experiences!
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Dude in Kato Paphos the rents start from 2000 euros a month. And a cafeteria in the village has 1 refrigirator burning electricity. At the restaurants in Kato Paphos like some of the ones you mentioned places have 8 plus the freezers to keep every different food type stored seperately like the Hygiene regulations say. Also in Kato Paphos restaurants pay VAT and CTO tax where in the villages the probably dont. So things are not as simple as you make them out to be and places that are small have low overheads.