The Battle of Trafalgar took place just off here in October 1805, which is something to think about as you snack on tuna carpaccio and sip your tinto de verano.
Dr Orantes sits back in his chair, loosens his tie, takes a sip of cappuccino and announces grandly: "There are three factors: prohibited pesticides, combinations of pesticides, and no protection from pesticides".
Their children often sip wine with their parents from the age of 12.
But it's cheap and you get to sip generous caipirinhas on a perfect beach shared with a just a few locals, which is surely the whole point of being there.
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In the fashionably overpriced Coffee Mania, women in furs sip green tea through surgically enhanced lips and keep their heavily mascara'd eyes peeled for a wealthy "sponsor".
"My films are always a reflection of where I am in my life," he says of The Woman in the Fifth, pausing to sip his macchiato.
The best thing is, you are welcome whether you've paid to go to an event, or you simply want to take in the atmosphere, have a coffee or a picnic on the grass, or recline in a canvas deckchair decorated with a literary quote, or sip slightly indifferent wine and buy a book.
At the museum, a recreation of a traditional gin palace dubbed The Ginstitute, customers sip cocktails while learning about the chequered history of London Dry Gin from expert Jake Burger.
Whether you sit at the old wooden back bar or take your cocktail upstairs to sip while you listen, the charcoal grill bar menu items (such as the grilled octopus) pair nicely with whiskey and song.
As they sip their comforting brew, they may reflect on the claim that Europe is the largest donor of foreign aid, and how 2015 is supposedly the "European year of development".
