Coffee culture in Argentina

Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is called Little Paris in South America. Like Europeans, people here like to kill time in cafes. It can be said that coffee culture is a major cultural label of this city. Therefore, the local government applied to UNESCO to make this proud coffee tradition enter the World Heritage List. The Austrian writer Zweig once wrote such a sentence:? I'm not at home, I'm in the cafe. I'm not in the cafe. I'm on my way to the cafe. ? It is fitting to put the famous words of this European writer in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cafes are everywhere in the city. Whether it's a newly opened Starbucks chain store or a traditional century-old store, the citizens of Buenos Aires always come and go and sit for most of the day. It is a tradition and a trend to soak in cafes in the cloth market. Therefore, on the 25th, the city government of Buenos Aires decided to apply to UNESCO to let the coffee culture in Buenos Aires enter the world intangible cultural heritage.

Hernan, the cultural official of the city government? Lombardi Lombardi said that the coffee tradition of giving is closely related to salons, culture, literature and music. The differences in social culture and political orientation of local residents have given birth to cafes with different styles and tastes.

The most interesting thing is that although Buenos Aires is a? Coffee city? People like to meet in cafes when they have nothing to do, but this does not mean that coffee consumption in Argentina is the highest. According to the data of the Argentine Coffee Chamber of Commerce, Argentines drink far less coffee than neighboring Brazil. For every kilogram of coffee Argentina drinks, Brazilians drink nearly two kilograms. Therefore, the role of coffee in the cloth market is not only a necessity, but also a cultural role and a link between people.