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Can we talk Cuban coffee?? Can't really get it outside of Miami
Posted on 3/30/20 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 3/30/20 at 12:46 pm
CAFECITO OR CAFÉ CUBANO
COLADA
I got one of these last time I was in Miami and was confused about the 4 little thimble cups. Drank the whole thing myself..
not only was that a breach of etiquette but I didn't sleep for 48 hours aftewards.
CAFÉ CON LECHE
CORTADITO
Its a shame its so hard to find good Cuban coffee outside of Miami.
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A small but potent dose of Cuban coffee served in a thimble-sized cup. Twice as strong as American coffee and super sweet, you can sip or down it like a shot.
COLADA
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This is what you order when you want to make friends. It typically comes in a large Styrofoam cup, with a stack of four or more small plastic cups. Pour and pass around at the counter or bring it back to the office. You may get that raise after all.
I got one of these last time I was in Miami and was confused about the 4 little thimble cups. Drank the whole thing myself..
not only was that a breach of etiquette but I didn't sleep for 48 hours aftewards. CAFÉ CON LECHE
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A Latin latte – hot, steamed milk with a shot of Cuban coffee. If you’re watching your sugar intake, ask for sin azucar (without sugar) and add the sweet stuff to your own taste. Good for breakfast or as a comforting cup of warmth on one of Miami’s rain-soaked afternoons.
CORTADITO
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Cuban coffee with a few tablespoons of milk (a short café con leche). This is a good introduction to cafecito if the straight stuff seems too strong at first.
Its a shame its so hard to find good Cuban coffee outside of Miami.
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Posted on 3/30/20 at 12:51 pm to CAD703X
Posted on 3/30/20 at 1:10 pm to CAD703X
My mother in law is Cuban and she makes cafecito's on the stove with cafe bustelo and mixes it with sugar using a mortar and pestle. It's fun to watch.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 1:12 pm to CAD703X
Is it not just espresso?
Posted on 3/30/20 at 1:17 pm to Mo Jeaux
no. they use a special type of sugar and i believe its added prior to actually brewing the coffee as well.
its difficult to recreate. i've tried.
its difficult to recreate. i've tried.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 1:21 pm to CAD703X
Not a coffee drinker, but was in Cuba last year at this time for 8 days, powerful and tasty,,,,,we were in the west highlands and they were squeezing fresh sugar cane for the sweetener.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 1:50 pm to CAD703X
Interesting. I definitely have heard of it, but I don't feel like I hear about it that much. I have a group of Cuban friends up here, but didn't really know it was a thing.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 2:15 pm to CAD703X
You can make it at home. Get a moka pot or stovetop italian espresso pot. Cafe Bustillo or Pilon are traditionally used Cuban coffee preferences (both now owned by Folgers).
Start with cold water in the bottom, pack fine ground coffee in the perforated cup, and place on stove on medium heat. Put a little brown sugar in the bottom of a metal coffee cup (just what I was told lol). Get the first tablespoon or two of coffee as it's coming out, pour over the brown sugar in the metal cup, and whip the hell out of it with a spoon while the rest of the pot is brewing. The whipping causes the brown sugar to desolve and create a type of foam in the cup. Pour some coffee over the foam, and now you have Cuban coffee.
Start with cold water in the bottom, pack fine ground coffee in the perforated cup, and place on stove on medium heat. Put a little brown sugar in the bottom of a metal coffee cup (just what I was told lol). Get the first tablespoon or two of coffee as it's coming out, pour over the brown sugar in the metal cup, and whip the hell out of it with a spoon while the rest of the pot is brewing. The whipping causes the brown sugar to desolve and create a type of foam in the cup. Pour some coffee over the foam, and now you have Cuban coffee.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 2:16 pm to CAD703X
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no. they use a special type of sugar and i believe its added prior to actually brewing the coffee as well.
its difficult to recreate. i've tried.
Use a moka pot and Cafe Bustello.
Get a cup (like a measuring cup) and put at least two tsp of sugar in it. (I think Cubans may acutally use more sugar, but that's about all I can take)
Put about a tsp or two of the first drops of coffee that comes out of the pot into the sugar to make this syrupey viscus very black mixture.
Whip the hell out of that mixture with your teaspoon for 2-3 minutes. It should increase 3-4 times in volume into this pretty lightly caramel colored froth.
Pour the rest of the finished brewing coffee in that and pour it in the little coffee cup.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 2:17 pm to Crawfish From Arabi
Well shite. 
Posted on 3/30/20 at 2:20 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Well shite
Lol awesome
Posted on 3/30/20 at 2:23 pm to Crawfish From Arabi
El Metro Restaurant
5355 NW 72nd Ave, Miami, FL 33166
(305) 888-2830
LINK
Joe, the owner/manager, here taught me how to make it. It's the only place in Florida that I have saved in google maps. The place is damn good.
5355 NW 72nd Ave, Miami, FL 33166
(305) 888-2830
LINK
Joe, the owner/manager, here taught me how to make it. It's the only place in Florida that I have saved in google maps. The place is damn good.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 4:06 pm to CAD703X
Cafe Con Leche at the coffee window at Versailles in Little Havana. Love that!
Posted on 3/30/20 at 6:21 pm to CAD703X
There’s a place in west Monroe called Latin Foods that sales a damn good coffee. I assume it’s a Cuban coffee, unbelievably good
ETA: Is it sales or sells?
ETA: Is it sales or sells?
This post was edited on 3/30/20 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 3/30/20 at 7:31 pm to CAD703X
I make it at home all the time. Real easy, I make it just like in Miami. I have tried 3 different brands picked up at ideal market and I have the whipping of sugar down pat. I use regular sugar or Turbinado. Watch some videos on YouTube and use a Mika pot.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 12:40 am to CAD703X
ahh, fond memories of ordering Cafe Cubano and guava/cheese pastelitos from the window at Las Olas Cafe in SOBE
Posted on 3/31/20 at 9:26 am to CAD703X
I just made a cup of Cuban coffee. Today I used Cafe Bustelo. I prefer cafe Sello Rojo and Pilon. 3 tsp of turbinado in a cup for a 6 C Mika pot. Add a little salt in pot before it brews. Then the first drippings of coffee, almost fill a tsp of coffee and add to cup with sugar. Whip the shite out of the sugar until it foams and becomes a fluffy paste. Add rest of pot of coffee to the sugar cup and there it is.
This post was edited on 3/31/20 at 9:46 am
Posted on 3/31/20 at 10:30 am to NOLATiger71
i have a mika pot and several pounds of turbinado. i don't have any espresso but i would love to try this.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 11:07 am to windshieldman
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There’s a place in west Monroe called Latin Foods that sales a damn good coffee. I assume it’s a Cuban coffee, unbelievably good
ETA: Is it sales or sells?
It's in the Pecanland Mall as well. They use Pilon.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:28 am to windshieldman
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ETA: Is it sales or sells?
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