Known for fantastic beaches, Salsa, Cigars, Rum and not least for the recently deceased Fidel Castro, Cuba also has to offer damn good coffee like café cubano.
- Cuba is home to more than 4,000 islands – the main island covers a length of 1,250 km.
- The plant was imported from the Dominican Republic.
- In 1748 the first coffee plantations were created in the south of Cuba .
- On the fertile plateaus, besides tabacco and sugar cane, coffee is cultivated.
- They are grown to 85% Arabica and 15% Robusta.
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- The unique taste of the Cuban coffee is due to median hillsides and the very humus and nutrient-rich soils.
- The beans mature slowly, giving a natural, aromatic sweetness.
- Furthermore, the coffee has a full body and a slightly smoky aroma.
- The Cuban Turquino has the highest quality class and is considered an insider tip and reminiscent of Cuban cigars.
- The area Sierra Maestra is even a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- The traditional handwork guarantees that the beans are constantly controlled and carefully treated. Thus, the use of fertilizers is completely dispensed with
- Only the organic or fair trade seals are missing so far.
- 3/4 of the cultivated coffee the Cubans consume themselves – how? You can see here
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Traditional Preparation – Café Cubano and more
Coffee is, according to Cuban style, a welcome greeting and expression of hospitality. It is served, among other things, for a good meal or before of a Habano.
The coffee is drunk, hot, sip by sip from tacitas (small cups) of burnt clay, glass or even the shells of the tree pumpkin. This is dried out in the middle of its growth, in order to preserve small vessels that shall “refine the taste”.
Cafecito / Café Cubano
- Espresso, for which dark roasted beans are used – Italian or Spanish roast.
- Usually prepared in an espresso maker.
- Take the first espresso froth and beat it with lots of sugar to a fluffy cream.
- Then pour 1-2 tsp of the sweet coffee cream with the remaining espresso. Ready to enjoy your Café Cubano
Colada
- 3-6 shot Cafecito, drunk in breaks from small plastic mokkokins.
Coradito
- 1 part milk and sugar (percentage varies)
- 1 part of Cafecito
- Café Cubano, with steamed milk – prepared similar to cappuccino
Café con Leche:
- Dairy coffee, traditionally drunk for breakfast with buttered Cuban toast bread.
- Either with hot milk or a mixture of milk and condensed milk.
Iced Café con leche
- Mix Café Cubano with 1/4 tsp cinnamon and let cool.
- Then pour into a glass with ice cubes and top up with milk or coconut milk.
Café Carretero
- Filter coffee, which is served in metal cups. The proper preparation you see in this video.
If you prepfer Cuban Hip Hop, you can drink your Caficito to the music of Orishas as well.
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