Alpendre Café & Brunch

Menu

Prices in Brazilian reais. 10% service charge not included. Tap a photo to enlarge it.

Espresso & Classics

Arabica from the Baturité hills, medium roast. Plant milk (oat or cashew) +R$ 3.

  • Espresso da Serra

    Shade-grown arabica from the Baturité hills, with notes of rapadura (unrefined cane sugar) and cashew.

    Vegan, gluten free, lactose free

    Single 50 ml
    9
    Double 100 ml
    13
  • House Cappuccino

    Espresso, steamed milk, cinnamon and cocoa.

    Vegetarian, gluten free

    Small 120 ml: 13

    Large 240 ml: 18

  • Latte

    Espresso with plenty of steamed milk and a thin layer of foam.

    Vegetarian, gluten free

    Small 160 ml: 12

    Large 300 ml: 16

  • Creamy Hot Chocolate

    70% cocoa and whole milk, thickened on the stove.

    Vegetarian, gluten free

    Small 120 ml: 14

    Large 240 ml: 19

  • Flat White

    Double espresso and velvety steamed milk, 180 ml.

    Vegetarian, gluten free

    17

  • Rapadura Mocha

    Espresso, cocoa, milk and a salted rapadura syrup (rapadura is the Northeast’s unrefined cane sugar).

    Vegetarian, gluten free

    Hot
    21
    Iced
    24
    Vegan
    25
  • Matcha Latte

    Japanese matcha whisked to order with steamed milk.

    Vegetarian, gluten free

    Classic
    22
    Vegan, with cashew milk
    24

Filter & Iced

Brewed to order, plus iced drinks for the Fortaleza heat. Plant milk +R$ 3.

  • Pour-over of the Day (V60)

    This week’s beans, brewed in a V60. Ask which one is in the grinder.

    Vegan, gluten free, lactose free

    Cup 150 ml
    15
    Carafe for 2, 300 ml
    26
  • Brew Methods

    Same beans, a different body: choose how you want yours.

    Vegan, gluten free, lactose free

    French press
    17
    AeroPress
    18
    Chemex for 2
    28
  • Coffee & Cajuína

    Espresso poured over iced cajuína, with lime zest. Cajuína is a clear, golden cashew-apple drink from Piauí and Ceará, lightly sweet.

    Vegan, gluten free, lactose free

    19

  • Cold Brew & Tonic

    Coffee steeped cold for 16 hours, tonic water and navel orange.

    Vegan, gluten free, lactose free

    18

  • Iced Latte

    Double espresso, cold milk and ice, 300 ml.

    Vegetarian, gluten free

    19

  • Dulce de Leche Frappé

    Coffee, dulce de leche and milk blended with ice.

    Vegetarian, gluten free

    27

Brunch

Tuesday to Friday until noon; all day on weekends. Extra egg +R$ 5, bacon +R$ 7, gluten-free bread +R$ 6.

  • Veranda Brunch

    Scrambled eggs, sourdough with manteiga da terra (Ceará’s clarified butter), seasonal fruit, a 300 ml juice and an espresso.

    Vegetarian

    For one
    49
    For two
    92
  • Avocado Toast

    Sourdough, smashed avocado with lime, a poached egg and sesame.

    Vegetarian

    With egg
    32
    No egg (vegan)
    29
  • Cured Salmon Toast

    House-cured salmon, herb cream cheese, pickled red onion and rocket.

    42

  • Griddle Scrambled Eggs

    Three creamy scrambled eggs with sourdough toast. Carne de sol is the Northeast’s salted, air-dried beef.

    Plain
    26
    With bacon
    32
    With carne de sol
    35
  • American Pancakes

    A stack of three fluffy pancakes with the topping of your choice.

    Honey and fruit
    29
    Dulce de leche and banana
    32
    Eggs and bacon
    36
  • Filled Croissant

    All-butter croissant, laminated in house. Coalho is a firm Northeastern grilling cheese; requeijão, a creamy Brazilian cheese spread.

    Butter
    15
    Coalho cheese and cane molasses
    28
    Carne de sol and requeijão
    32
    Brie and pepper jelly
    34
  • Açaí Bowl

    Pure açaí blended with banana, gluten-free granola, fruit and cane syrup.

    Vegan, gluten free, lactose free

    300 ml
    26
    500 ml
    34

From Ceará

Breakfast the Ceará way, cooked on the griddle.

  • Griddled Tapioca

    A crêpe-like round of cassava starch, toasted on the griddle and folded over the filling. Naturally gluten free.

    Gluten free

    Manteiga da terra (clarified butter)
    15
    Coalho cheese and oregano
    22
    Chicken and ricotta
    25
    Mushrooms and hummus (vegan)
    27
    Carne de sol and coalho
    29
  • Northeastern Cuscuz

    Steamed flaked-corn cake, nothing like North African couscous, with manteiga da terra butter (olive oil in the vegan version).

    Gluten free

    Carne de sol, coalho and a soft-yolk egg
    29
    Vegan, with mushrooms and roast tomato
    26
  • Pão de Queijo

    Brazilian cheese bread made with sour cassava starch and aged canastra cheese, baked to order.

    Gluten free

    5 pieces
    12
    Filled with requeijão
    16
    Filled with carne de sol
    22
  • Croque Madame

    Brioche, ham, béchamel with coalho cheese grilled on top, and a fried egg.

    36

Cakes & Sweets

Slices every day. Whole cakes to order, with 48 hours’ notice.

  • Cashew Cake with Dulce de Leche

    Buttery toasted-cashew sponge, filled and frosted with dulce de leche. A whole cake serves about 12.

    Vegetarian

    Slice: 19

    Whole: 165

  • Vegan Banana Cake

    Gluten and dairy free, with a cocoa ganache.

    Vegan, gluten free, lactose free

    Slice: 18

    Whole: 140

  • Tapioca Pudding with Rapadura Caramel

    Pearl tapioca and coconut, in a caramel of rapadura (unrefined cane sugar).

    Vegetarian, gluten free

    Slice: 16

    Whole: 95

  • Brownie with Sea Salt Flakes

    Semisweet chocolate and flaky sea salt.

    Vegetarian

    Single
    12
    Box of 6
    65
  • Pour-over Tiramisù

    Ladyfingers soaked in the day’s pour-over, mascarpone cream and cocoa.

    Vegetarian

    28

Juices, Teas & Sodas

Seasonal fruit, unsweetened unless you ask.

  • Fresh Fruit Juice

    Squeezed or blended to order. Cajá is a tart yellow fruit from the Northeast.

    Vegan, gluten free, lactose free

    Orange 300 ml
    12
    Cajá 300 ml
    12
    Pineapple and mint 300 ml
    14
    Orange, 1 L jug
    32
  • Spicy Ginger Soda

    House ginger syrup, lime and sparkling water.

    Vegan, gluten free, lactose free, spicy

    18

  • House Iced Tea

    Roasted mate, lime and lemongrass, 400 ml.

    Vegan, gluten free, lactose free

    15