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Tea
Garden
Tortosa
on Mondays are market days that spread across the streets
(near the main Park) and behind the lovely walkways along
the River Ebro.
 Shopping
is thirsty work! Browsing can make you very hungry as well.
Move
away from the crowds and head for the Plaza near the Information
Centre and the main Tortosa bus (HEFE) station and pop into
the "Tea Garden Cafeteria"- on the right as you stand with
your back
to the market.
You
will receive a friendly welcome and be invited into an international
atmosphere of good teas, quality coffee and a selection of
tasty snacks, where several languages are spoken.
Choice
of Teas:
Te's
Cla'sicos Negros: 
- China
Keemum
- Darjeeling
- English
Breakfast (ask for your cold milk separately)
Te's
Verdes:
- Jasmin
- Menta
(Moruno)
- Te'Verde
Te's
Aromatizados Negros
Earl
Grey (ask for your cold milk separately)
- Li'mon
- Maracuja
- Mil
Flores
- Ron
Te'
rojo
Te
Blanco
This
is not English tea with milk!
The
teenagers have tagged along too and looking a trifle bored
after traipsing around the market stalls? Don't worry there
is a Pool Table for them to practice on while your rest your
shopping-worn feet.
On
wWarmer days or evening it is so refreshing to sit under the
wide covered through patio-pavement (safe for younger one's
to play on)...most welcoming breeze in Tortosa when humidity
hits the heights, with a tankard of cold, cold lager or chilled
cava or vino or just a choice of wonderful teas. The youngsters
can quench their thirst with juices, Fanta and Chocolate -
the kids consume the latter in large quantities over here.
Try
the variety of Bocadillos and Platos and for the brave hearted
you can always finish off with a "carajillo". This is a strong
black coffee with brandy…(but do count them if you are driving!).
"Platos" means a "Plate meal" that equates to a lunch or dinner
size meal and are very satisfying as well as tasty. Also they
try to accommodate European tastes. You can even get a "Bacon
Butty" or the nearest equivalent is a "Bocadillos con Bacon"
or Bacon con Queso" - bacon with cheese. If you like bacon
try the "Bacon tortil" …yummy.
Choice
of coffees:
- Jamaica
Blue Mountain
- Puertorico
Yauco Selecto
- Guatemala
Volcan de Oro
- Ethiopoa
Arabi'ca Limu
- Pap'ua
Nueva Guinea
Don't
speak any Spanish or Catalan? They will help you along each
time you pull up a chair. So many people I have heard that
within 3 months of calling in regularly they had broken the
back of their language learning problems in either Catalan
or Spanish…. Just ask them " How do you say this or that?"
and they will help you. Take a notebook and ask them to write
it down so you don't forget it and you have it for home or
next time.
Furthermore,
they have a rack of newspapers and magazines to browse through,
so don't worry if you are on your own and panicking about
the language. The more you look at the written print the more
you will be able to gage the meanings of what is happening
in your new or on-going adventures. You will soon make new
friends here!
There
is more next door...an Internet café where anyone can surf
online for an hour for ONE euro!! Fabulous value and so nice
to check your emails from friends back home after you have
quenched your thirst and stifled your hunger pains. They have
web cams and a printer is also linked to the computers for
your convenience at a nominal cost. It is called a Locutoria
and you can phone home from a private cubicle and international
calls work out cheaper than a payphone or your mobile.
"Preparamos
tus celebraciones".
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