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National Coffee Day Starts with Cafe La Llave – a Giveaway

September 29, 2017 By Marta Darby

This post is sponsored by my favorite coffee people, Café La Llave. The opinions contained in this piece are all my very own.

It’s no secret that I love my Cuban coffee. It’s so very obviously in my Cuban DNA. 

In other words, it’s a function of just being Cuban. In fact, one of my earliest memories is sitting at the breakfast table drinking my morning Café con Leche. I must have been about 5 years old. (Don’t judge.)

Today is National Coffee Day and it needs to be celebrated. Don’t you agree?

Although, my idea of National Coffee Day is any day that ends with a y, but that’s not important right now.

So, let’s celebrate National Coffee Day with a wonderful giveaway from my favorite sponsor, Café La Llave. 

See this beautiful Basket of Café La Llave Coffee Goodness? I’m giving one away to a lucky MBFCF Reader. 

Here’s how to enter the giveaway for the Coffee Basket: Leave a comment and answer one or all of the following questions. 

  1. Tell me how long you’ve been drinking coffee. (Younger than 5?)
  2. Who makes the coffee traditionally at your house?
  3. Espresso or Americano?

Leave a comment here on this post to enter. Also, let me tell you how you can have a second chance to win this beautiful basket… 

Go over to Instagram and “like” Cafe La Llave – then come back and say “I liked Cafe La Llave on Instagram!” (I’m going on the honor system here, but I’ll do a few spot checks to make sure you’re following directions.)

I feel like you’re going to love following them anyway, so it’s a win for both of us. 

I’ll be choosing a winner on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017 at 11:00 am. (It’s like National Coffee Weekend!)

Happy National Coffee Day! Let’s get brewing! 

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Speaking of Cuban Coffee… do you have your Café Cubano poster yet? It’s available in 7 colors and 3 different sizes in my Etsy shop: MartaDarbyDesigns. 

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10/3/2017 – Congratulations to the winner of the beautiful Cafe La Llave Gift Basket! 

I sent you an email with further instructions. Thanks to all who entered and good luck next time! xo

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  1. Laura Miller says

    September 29, 2017 at 12:49 pm

    I grew up in Miami with Cuban family. I started drinking coffee probably at about 7 years old. I’ve long since moved away…but that amazing cafecito is such a big part of my life! I drink a dark Italian roast most days…but as soon as I get the chance to get my cafecito on I’m taken straight back to good times with great family! It makes me homesick! 💗

    • Silvia says

      September 29, 2017 at 7:26 pm

      As soon as I got off the bottle! My daughter and I un cafecito o café con leche o cortadito

  2. Gloria M Palacio says

    September 29, 2017 at 12:49 pm

    1. Since I was a baby!
    2. My mom snd I take turns making cafecito.
    3. Espresso! That’s not even a question …lol

  3. Gloria M Palacio says

    September 29, 2017 at 12:51 pm

    I liked Cafe La Llave on Instagram!

  4. Kiki Bacaro says

    September 29, 2017 at 1:20 pm

    I’m pretty sure we did café (decaf Instant Sanka or Nescafé) con leche in our baby bottles😳

    My son Michael makes the best Cuban coffee with espumita. I make the café con leche. Everyone makes their own Americano with the Keurig.

  5. Gladys Murphy says

    September 29, 2017 at 1:27 pm

    1. Drink coffee since I was very young 5 or 6 years old
    2.For many years it was always my mom but she recently passed away at the age of 92 (she would make it the old fashion way with the “tetera” – She once tried to teach me and I became very confused with all the steps you had to take!!
    3. Now I am the one that makes the Espresso coffee in the small pot just like yours!!
    4. Our favorite coffee was and has been “La LLave”

  6. Rebecca says

    September 29, 2017 at 1:30 pm

    1. I’ve been drinking coffee since I was a toddler.!
    2. I make the coffee at home.
    3. Definitely espresso!

  7. Cathy Ferrer says

    September 29, 2017 at 1:36 pm

    We have had cuban coffee brewed in the cafetera as long as I can remember. When home, mom brews the coffee and it’s always been La Llave! I grew up in Los Angeles and we now live in Orlando. I’ve always loved espresso in the morning. Now I use my Nespresso to get my fix but own at least 7 cafeteras!

  8. Ed Nuhfer says

    September 29, 2017 at 1:37 pm

    1. Since Moby Dick was a sardine! (literally!)

    2. I am the Commandante de la cafeterra in our house!

    3. Espresso con la spuma naturalmente!

  9. Ellie says

    September 29, 2017 at 1:40 pm

    Since I got married to my Cuban husband 16 years ago.
    My husband
    Espresso
    I liked Lallave on IG

  10. Haley Gonzalez says

    September 29, 2017 at 1:42 pm

    Mi abuelita Cubana de Havana raised me and I smelled her cafe cubano every single day so it’s been in my roots for as long as I can remember!! 😍 She would let me drink small portions at a time when I was a kid or else she would get in trouble by my parents if I came home wired all night but I loved it!😂 I started having more coffee around 10 years old and now I’m 23. She passed away when I was 12 but I’m thankful to have been raised on her Cuban roots. My family and I LOVE making cafe con leche and cortadito. Espresso all the way… ya tu sabes

  11. Rosa Gutierrez says

    September 29, 2017 at 1:49 pm

    Being Cuban, cafesito is part of my life. I can’t even remember how young I was when I started drinking cafe con leche. By the time I was in college, I was all about the espresso. The stronger, the better (for those late night term paper writing sessions). Now, I still drink espresso, either in my American coffee maker, or my traditional stove top Cuban coffee maker. Im the coffee making expert in my house! The only coffee you’ll see in my house is La Llave. And I’ve passed along the tradition to my kids. They know and love their Cuban coffee!

  12. Carmela says

    September 29, 2017 at 1:55 pm

    Started out very young at my Tia’s home having Cafe con leche. My husband is the master of making all types of coffee. Our favorite is espresso. Thanks, Marta!

  13. Carmela says

    September 29, 2017 at 1:58 pm

    “I like Cafe La Llave on Instagram!”

  14. Kristen Garcia says

    September 29, 2017 at 2:01 pm

    I’ve been drinking my cafecito since I’m 6. Abuela made it but now I make it on my cafetera. Cafe la llave is my favorite and I love espresso. Thank you, Marta.
    Also, so glad to know they have Instagram. I just followed them!

  15. Mk says

    September 29, 2017 at 2:06 pm

    I grew up in puerto rico with with my cuban family! I have been drinking café cubano since I was 2 years old, i am now 29. I have finally become the official cafecito maker at home and We prefer espresso! And of course I like Cafe La Llave on Instagram!

  16. Ody Fabregas says

    September 29, 2017 at 2:17 pm

    I can remember as young as five years old being awake every day by my mom, who would bring me my Cafe con Leche to my bed. This is how she woke me up everyday before school. This was my alarm clock from kindergarten through high school.
    My husband and I drink coffee in the mornings at different times, so we each make our own. I prefer Americano, although after a good Sunday lunch, my hubby will have a cortadito and I have have a cafe con Leche with an flan or arroz con leche. 😊😊😊
    Un besote!!!! 😙😙😙

  17. Maria says

    September 29, 2017 at 2:24 pm

    Love Coffee….as a young girl (under 10) out family would go to my Tia’s house…she would make Cuban coffee….i always loved to smell..
    It reminds me of that time… we love espresso…My husband was the coffee connoisseur in our home..

    Loved Cafe LaLave on Instagram…

  18. Linda says

    September 29, 2017 at 2:54 pm

    Of course I make the coffee at home, either lo quelo or i use la cafetera like you have. Been drinking it since I can remember. i like the espresso. My daughter is my drinking buddy at night.

  19. Daisy says

    September 29, 2017 at 2:58 pm

    Provably i have been drinking coffee since i was 6 or 7
    I have Americano in the mornings and Cubano o cortadito about mid afternoon,
    My people in Miami introduced me to La Llave.
    “My birth stone is a coffee bean”

  20. Ileana says

    September 29, 2017 at 3:12 pm

    Cafecito! Been drinking it since before my 5th birthday. It was the only way my abuela could make me drink milk. Still hate milk

  21. Carie says

    September 29, 2017 at 3:26 pm

    I liked @cafelallave on IG 😍 1. I began drinking Cuban cafe con leche by 6 yrs young. 2. I make the best pot of Cuban cafecito en la greka. I have Portuguese neighbors that come every night after dinner for their fix of cafecito. 3. While I make both types of coffee I prefer my Cuban cafecito La Llave!!! 🇨🇺☕️ Thanks Marta!!!

  22. Amber cheras says

    September 29, 2017 at 3:37 pm

    Ive been drinking coffee since i was 13 i love espresso and I’m the traditional coffee maker in the house!

    • Marta Darby says

      October 3, 2017 at 12:41 pm

      Congratulations, Amber!

      You are the winner of this beautiful Cafe La Llave Gift Basket!
      I’ll shoot you an email to explain what to do next.
      Congratulations and SALUD!

      xo,
      Marta

  23. Amber cheras says

    September 29, 2017 at 3:38 pm

    I liked Cafe La Llave on Instagram!

  24. Ileana says

    September 29, 2017 at 3:55 pm

    I started my coffee (cafecito) drinking game in the womb (thanks Mami).

    We all make our own coffee (thanks Keurig … don’t judge!).

    And I drink both Americano y cubano (but especially cubano), and other countries’ caffeinated offerings. I am an equal opportunity coffee aficionado. ☕️☕️☕️

  25. Ileana says

    September 29, 2017 at 3:56 pm

    Oh and I liked cafe la llave on Instagram too!

  26. Grace says

    September 29, 2017 at 4:11 pm

    I love my Cuban coffee, specially as a cafe con leche. I make the coffee since my husband dies not like any kind of coffee (horrors!)

  27. Orlinda says

    September 29, 2017 at 5:05 pm

    1. I’ve been drinking coffee since I was in diapers.
    2. I make the coffe.
    3. Expresso
    This would be awesome if I win! I live in NC and I have to travel so far to buy Cafe la Llave.

  28. Orlinda says

    September 29, 2017 at 5:08 pm

    I liked Cafe la Llave on Instagram ☕️☕️

  29. Valeria Avendano says

    September 29, 2017 at 5:15 pm

    1)since I was a baby… 2-3
    2) me and my husband
    3)expresso always

  30. Bohemian Babushka says

    September 29, 2017 at 5:23 pm

    Soy La Cubanita de casa, so BB does the cafe Cubano. Gracias for the giveaway. BB2U

  31. Bohemian Babushka says

    September 29, 2017 at 5:25 pm

    Hace rato que BB liked La Llave en IG. BB2U

  32. Esther says

    September 29, 2017 at 6:21 pm

    1) I started to drink coffee as a child. I’m pretty sure my mom gave me cafe con leche in the biberón, cause that was the thing to do. 🍼
    2) I make the coffee all the time. Hubby doesn’t drink coffee.
    3) Both. Espresso and Americano, cause I love all coffees!
    😍😍😍😋😋

  33. Elaine F. says

    September 29, 2017 at 7:59 pm

    I’ve been drinking café con leche since I was a very little girl! I used to tell my dad to make me one while watching cartoons, haha! Now that I’m older, I make the cafecito 🙂

    Also, liked La Llave on Instagram.

  34. Fortino Amaya says

    September 29, 2017 at 10:18 pm

    “I liked Cafe La Llave on Instagram!”

    1. I started drinking Cuban coffee the day I began dating my wife. I will be celebrating our 21 wedding anniversary in October.

    2. I make the coffee at home, but have passed it on to my daughter. My mother in law (Mom) makes it better.

    3. Espresso is the only way to have it.

  35. TerryD says

    September 30, 2017 at 2:07 am

    I can’t even remember how old I was when I started drinking cafe con leche. I want to say 5. Right about when I started school if not sooner.

    We make both espresso and americano. I’m in charge of the espresso 😊

    Oh, I’m following Cafe Llave on IG.

    Thanks!

  36. Ailed Alfaro says

    September 30, 2017 at 7:06 am

    What true Cuban hasn’t began their life with the essence of our heritage! Like you said it’s in our DNA. Even though my husband is not Cuban – my strong roots have entangled in him and my children. El café cubano nunca falta. Un grato recuerdo que tengo de mi padre, cuando mis hijos eran recién nacidos tempranito en la mañana el metía su dedo en el café recién hecho y se los metía en la boca. Cuando lo descubre me dijo: “lo llevan en la sangre, una herencia que no se les puede olvidar!” AIN’T THAT THE TRUTH!

  37. Ed Hart says

    September 30, 2017 at 5:13 pm

    I spent 32 years telling my coffee drinking (ok, obsessed) parents that coffee was bad for them. See, I was Mormon for 32 years, and drinking coffee was a “sin”. Now I totally see NOT drinking coffee as a sin! I left the Mormon church 3 years ago, so I’ve been drinking coffee for 3 years! But I drink 4-5 cups a day so I can catch up!!
    I make the coffee. Don Francisco’s ONLY! Love the aroma, the taste, the Family!! I drink Americano for the most part.

  38. Patricia Johnson says

    September 30, 2017 at 7:24 pm

    I started drinking café Americano when I was 5. I met a Cuban family when I was 16 and they became lifelong friends. So, I started drinking café cubano at age 16 and still love it to this day. (I’m 70 years old now ! )

  39. ellen bello says

    September 30, 2017 at 10:46 pm

    as sacreligios as this is,
    1. I dont drink coffee as a rule
    2&3. I usually make the coffee in the house, Both Americano & CUban!

  40. ellen bello says

    September 30, 2017 at 10:48 pm

    I liked & am following Cafe LLave on instagram, I need those tasitas!

  41. nelcy lopez says

    September 30, 2017 at 11:03 pm

    If I remember correctly, my abuela used to dip my pacifier in espresso! Lol. I have been making coffee in my family since I can remember. And definitely, espresso all day long!

  42. Elsa Villar says

    October 1, 2017 at 5:29 am

    I use to make it in my “cafeterita” until my husband got a fancy espresso maker, now he does it.
    I remember taking a sip from my parents cup when I was very little.

  43. Annamarie V says

    October 1, 2017 at 9:26 am

    My Mom owned a cafe when I was in Junior high and it had an espresso machine which wasn’t common in those days and I drank a lot of coffee so I was around 13 when I started drinking coffee. I prefer Americanos and we usually make our own coffee in our house using the pods.

  44. Athena says

    October 1, 2017 at 1:14 pm

    I am 58 and drinking “iced coffee with vanilla creamer” for 13 years. A late bloomer. I want to share the love of all Cubans for Cafe La Llave con Leche. Allow me to begin a tradition to be carried on for generations to come.

  45. Lauren says

    October 1, 2017 at 2:58 pm

    I like Americanos.

  46. Kimmy says

    October 1, 2017 at 6:01 pm

    Hi! I am motherofpearl81
    I am a coffee addict. I started drinking it around 18. I’m 36 now and in the fall I do 5 cups a day.

  47. meredith says

    October 1, 2017 at 6:21 pm

    Tell me how long you’ve been drinking coffee. I was about 14
    Who makes the coffee traditionally at your house? I do!!!
    Espresso or Americano? Both!

  48. meredith says

    October 1, 2017 at 6:22 pm

    I liked Cafe La Llave on Instagram! @mermont84

  49. Laurie says

    October 1, 2017 at 7:33 pm

    I started drinking cafe Cubano in high school (I grew up in Miami). In the evenings, my best friend’s mami would pass around the treaty of cafecitos and there always a cortidito for me. Before long I was drinking straight cafecito. Then I graduated to drinking entire coladas! I’m the only coffee drinker in my house, so I make it. Most days I make cafe Americano, but I always have espresso grounds I hand to make Cafe Cuban. I love my coladas!

  50. Faustino Rodriguez says

    October 2, 2017 at 5:27 am

    I must have been around 10-11 when I drank café Cubano (pure form) for the first time. Café con leche since I was like 6-7, maybe. My dad would wake up at 5:00 am every day to brew the café cubano. The smell of fresh brewed coffee in the morning will stay in my mind forever.
    I am the one who makes the café cubano at my house AND at the office. My mom gave me an electric cafetera and I took it to the office. Now EVERYONE at the office wants a “cortadito” at 3:00 pm. Yes I created a monster!
    I prefer my café Cubano, of course. I also love American coffee with cream, no sugar.

  51. Martha Amidano says

    October 2, 2017 at 7:12 am

    My Abuela started giving me cafecito before I was five. I couldn’t go to school before drinking my cafe con leche. If i ever skipped it I would get the shakes. Lol at home mami and abuela made the coffee. In my house I make it for myself and the kids. For us is cafe la llave or nothing. El mejor cafe Cubano es La Llave.

  52. Martha Amidano says

    October 2, 2017 at 7:16 am

    I like cafe La Llave on instagram. How can you give a second chance to win? Give away two baskets instead of one. At home is espresso even for my American husband.

  53. manda says

    October 2, 2017 at 7:21 am

    I started my addiction early… 5 or 6. Only a little coffee and mostly milk. I really just like the flavor and I don’t think it has much to do with the caffeine. 😉

  54. manda says

    October 2, 2017 at 7:21 am

    I liked Cafe La Llave on Instagram

  55. melanie huttner says

    October 2, 2017 at 2:35 pm

    I’ve been drinking coffee since I was 20, I make it myself, and I love Americano AND Espresso!

  56. melanie huttner says

    October 2, 2017 at 2:36 pm

    I liked Cafe La Llave on Instagram!

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