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This is the mothership Café Nicola in the Baixa, with a Nicola Gourmet just up the block (definitely recommended). There's a row of café tables inside the front door with more restaurant-style seating at the back. Plus some counter service and ample sidewalk seating. Using a three-group Magister Kappa XT and a three-group Promac, they pull shots with a solid, darker brown crema with full textured froth. It has a deeper, darker flavor - more elements of cloves. However, bodywise, it's still a bit watery. Particularly when compared with their owned-and-operated cafés that you can find in indoor malls - such as at the Armazéns do Chiado down the block. Shockingly, the mothership café of this quality chain has the worst, and most expensive, espresso of the lot.
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