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A guide to the best cafes and drinks in Buenos Aires.

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La Biela

Av. Quintana 596
Buenos Aires, Argentina
54 11 4804 0449
Mark's Deli

El Salvador 5701
Buenos Aires, Argentina
54 11 4832 6244

Buenos Aires is famous for its café culture and has some of the world's most beautiful and historic cafés. Coffee to go is a no-no. For an argentine, no day would be complete without the chance to sit down, relish a coffee and a good conversation. Today we're going to take a tour of some of the landmark cafés in Buenos Aires and get a taste of real local culture. Café Tortoni is arguably the most famous tourist destination in the city, having been home to some of Argentina's most famous artists and authors throughout the decades. Like tango singer Carlos Gardel and author Jorge Luis Borges. Now it hosts glitzy jazz and tango shows which attract busloads of tourists, but has somehow maintained a classic authenticity allowing you a glimpse of what it must have been like when it opened in 1858. La Bielas posh parisian terrace is a gorgeous place to relac in Recoleta. Once frequented by car racing drivers in the 1950s, this café is now populated by the older argentine elite. Before we go any further, a quick lesson in the wide variety of common coffee drinks, so you know what to order. There's your typical café or single espresso, there's the cortado, which is an espresso with a splash of steamed milk, the popular café con leche is half coffee, half milk and there's the submarino, steamed milk with a whole chocolate bar. And then there's mate. It's a type of loose leaf tea called yerba mate, served in a gourd with a special metal straw which has a built in filter. It's consumed like crazy in many south american countries - and Argentina is no exception. While argentines mainly drink mate at home, there are a few cafés in Buenos Aires where people partake in the ritual publicly. Cumaná is one such place, a wildly popular restaurant and café in Barrio Norte. Cumaná also has a huge traditional adobe oven for churning out piping hot empanadas and delicious pizza. We end our tour at the modern and trendy Mark's deli, which serves up lattes and yuppie snacks in Palermo viejo. The fashionable decor and free wifi attracts a hip young crowd. Whether it's historic or trendy, ice latte or traditional mate, you can be sure to find cool cafés on every corner in Buenos Aires.

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