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Cafecito is Life

July 19, 2018 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.

I often say I lead a charmed life and I have the history to back up that claim. 

  1. I’m Cuban which already makes me feel super lucky. 
  2. I live here in the U.S.A. which makes my life doubly charmed. 
  3. Being Cuban and living in the U.S.A. means I get to have the very best Cuban coffee all the time. See? Charmed Life.

My friends and blog sponsors from Cafe La Llave (my favorite!) have very graciously and generously agreed that it’s time for another MBFCF Coffee Basket Giveaway and I whole-heartedly agree!

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

Here’s how to enter the giveaway for the Cafe La Llave Coffee Basket: Leave a comment here on this post to enter and answer one or both of the following questions. 

  1. Do you drink your coffee black or super sweet (as God intended)?
  2. Espresso, Cortadito, Cafe con leche? 

Also, let me tell you how you can have a second AND third chance to win this beautiful basket… 

  1. Go over to Instagram and “like” Cafe La Llave – then come back and leave the comment: “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.)
  2. Then cruise on over to Facebook and like the Cafe La Llave page over there and come back here and say, “I liked Cafe La Llave on Facebook.” 

See what a giver I am? Because when you lead a charmed life, you want everyone to be happy. 

If you’re wondering how to make the perfect cup of Cuban Coffee, please take a moment to appreciate the amazingness. Of course, you understand that it’s more art than science. Behold!

I’ll be choosing a winner next week on FRIDAY, July 27th, 2018  at 11:00 am.

Let’s do this! 

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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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7/27/2018 – Comments are closed and we have a winner! Congratulations, Kim! Please send me your mailing address so I can forward to Cafe La Llave and have them ship out your fantastic coffee basket! Thanks for playing! 

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  1. N. Janet says

    July 19, 2018 at 5:42 pm

    Live in MN and I have to order my Cafe La Llave on Amazon! Would love this basket!

  2. Marling says

    July 19, 2018 at 5:47 pm

    I like my café sweet con leche!!!

    • Marling says

      July 19, 2018 at 5:58 pm

      “I liked Cafe La Llave on Facebook.”

      • Marling says

        July 19, 2018 at 5:59 pm

        I liked Cafe La Llave on Instagram.”

  3. Ashlee says

    July 19, 2018 at 5:50 pm

    Super sweet cafè con leche is course!!

  4. Aisha Jack says

    July 19, 2018 at 5:50 pm

    1) I like my coffee super sweet

    2) cafe con leche

    3) I liked Cafe la llave on instagram

    4) I liked cafe la llave on Facebook

  5. Ashlee says

    July 19, 2018 at 5:51 pm

    I liked cafe la llave on instagram!

  6. Diane says

    July 19, 2018 at 5:51 pm

    1. Super sweet of course.
    2. Espresso

  7. Diane says

    July 19, 2018 at 5:54 pm

    “I liked Cafe La Llave on Instagram!”

  8. Diane says

    July 19, 2018 at 5:56 pm

    “I liked Cafe La Llave on Facebook.”

  9. Kim says

    July 19, 2018 at 6:10 pm

    I like my espresso sweet, however been trying to cut out, sugar, so now I take it semi sweet. Still delicious ?

    I like cafe con leche 60/40, I want to taste the cafe! I also love espresso shots at work! Yes we bought an electric espresso maker haha… gotta get thru the 3pm slump!

  10. Kim says

    July 19, 2018 at 6:12 pm

    I liked Cafe La Llave on instagram!

  11. Kim says

    July 19, 2018 at 6:14 pm

    I liked Cafe La Llave on Facebook

  12. Christine says

    July 19, 2018 at 6:59 pm

    Cafe con leche!

  13. Christine says

    July 19, 2018 at 7:00 pm

    I liked Cafe La Llave on Instagram!

  14. Mareylines ramos says

    July 19, 2018 at 7:09 pm

    I love cafe la llave. I like mine cortadito, espresso o bombóm

  15. Helen M. says

    July 19, 2018 at 7:38 pm

    I drink my café super sweet and any way I can!
    Espresso, Cortadito, and Cafe con leche, it’s all delicious.

    I liked Café Lallave on Instagram

    I liked Café Lallave on Facebook

  16. Mercedes Perez says

    July 19, 2018 at 8:05 pm

    I like my Café shot nice and sweet!

  17. Goselle says

    July 20, 2018 at 6:10 am

    “… but fist a cafecito and then we solve the world”
    En mi casa el café NO PUEDE FALTAR, la llave es el único que se compra, nacido en el centro de Cuba, como yo.
    1) el café se toma dulce como la vida, no amargo.
    2) si el café es la llave lo tomo como sea: expreso, cortadoro etc.
    I already liked Cafe la llave en Facebook an Instagram.
    I am dying for those coffee cups!!! ???

  18. Janice says

    July 20, 2018 at 6:13 am

    Hello!
    Definitely prefer my Cafe La Llave super sweet. If I’m sharing with my son, we go straight for the shots. When sharing with my daughter, I prepare a twist on a Vietnamese French press favorite and pair it with sweet condensed milk over ice. It’s so delicious!
    I follow them on Instagram and Facebook.
    Have an awesome day!

  19. Gina says

    July 20, 2018 at 7:42 am

    I prefer Cafe Con Leche! I drink it every morning & have pretty much since I was in the womb! Growing up, we were a Cafe La Llave family, too!

    I can’t believe I didn’t previously like their Facebook & Instagram, but I ‘liked’ them now!

  20. Laura says

    July 20, 2018 at 12:23 pm

    I’ve been drinking cafecito cubano since around 8 yrs old with cafe con leche and pan cubano calientico con mantequilla! Wow! Se me hace la boca agua! To this day I drink my cafe con leche every morning, without the bread now. My boys 17, 21 and 24 love to drink their bushito de cafecito cubano. My eldest makes an awesome cafecito con espumita. We would enjoy this basket very much. Gracias! Laura la Cubana (como me llama mi hijo menor!)

  21. Laura Fabian says

    July 20, 2018 at 12:26 pm

    I liked Cafe La Llave on Facebook and Instagram!!

    Thank you!

    Laura

  22. Teri Sampedro-Cantrell says

    July 20, 2018 at 2:23 pm

    I drink Café La Llave strong and sweet!
    I prefer it expresso.
    I “followed” Café La Llave on Instagram.
    I “liked” Café La Llave on Facebook

  23. Emilia says

    July 20, 2018 at 5:51 pm

    Super sweet cafe con leche!

    P.S. I liked Cafe La Llave on Facebook and Instagram! I didn’t realize how desperate I am for some good coffee.

  24. Maria Ceresa Gilson says

    July 21, 2018 at 5:54 am

    Cafe con leche

  25. Maria Ceresa Gilson says

    July 21, 2018 at 5:55 am

    “I liked Cafe La Llave on Instagram!”

  26. Lydia Sotelo says

    July 21, 2018 at 7:03 pm

    I like cafe la leave on both facebook and insta gram
    I love mine every which way
    I don’t discriminate 🙂

  27. Julie Hernandez says

    July 22, 2018 at 9:51 am

    I would love to win this basket for my oldest daughter who’s husband is in the AirFoce and loves Cuban coffee black with not to much sugar. He has been serving our country for the last 13 years.

  28. Julie Hernandez says

    July 22, 2018 at 9:54 am

    “I liked Cafe La Llave on Facebook.”

  29. Faustino says

    July 23, 2018 at 6:57 am

    I drink Cafe La Llave (decaffeinated) and it’s so good! I make a “cafe con leche” every morning and bring it with me to work. That way I can sip it little by little and enjoy it for a long time. Oh and I also add a little brown sugar, sweet.

  30. Faustino says

    July 23, 2018 at 7:00 am

    I followed “Cafe La Llave” on Instagram.
    I liked “Cafe La Llave” on Facebook.

  31. Celeste Haar says

    July 23, 2018 at 4:03 pm

    liked Cafe La Llave on Instagram!”

  32. Celeste Haar says

    July 23, 2018 at 4:04 pm

    liked Cafe La Llave on Facebook!

  33. Celeste Haar says

    July 23, 2018 at 4:05 pm

    Super sweet (how else do you get the crema) and Espresso

  34. Leonella Alvarez says

    July 24, 2018 at 6:06 am

    I drink it black the word CAFE , what those letters imply is the following. CALIENTE, AMARGO, FUERTE y ESCASO.

    Cafe con leche, corta duro, espresso.

  35. Leonella Alvarez says

    July 24, 2018 at 6:27 am

    I liked Cafe La Llave in Facebook

  36. Leonella Alvarez says

    July 24, 2018 at 6:28 am

    I liked Cafe La Llave in Instagram

  37. Annette Cenal says

    July 24, 2018 at 9:22 am

    Black and super sweet(like abuela served)
    Cafe solo (hot) and cafe con leche (hot and iced)

  38. Annette says

    July 24, 2018 at 9:26 am

    I liked cafe la llave on Instagram and Facebook

  39. lorraine says

    July 24, 2018 at 12:08 pm

    I like my cortadito SWEET!(AZUCAR!) ( It’s hard to find in SOCAL!) Hoping you will open a ventanita. And of course I liked Cafe La Llave on Instagram and Facebook.

  40. Rebecca Martin says

    July 24, 2018 at 12:19 pm

    I drink mine sweet, and I prefer cafe con leche. I drink espresso, too. I liked Cafe La Llave on FB.

  41. amanda gonzalez says

    July 24, 2018 at 9:17 pm

    i have to say that i loooove my cafesito sweet (dulcecito por favor). also, if i had to choose, i’d go with café con leche. it just always makes me happy, no matter the time of day.

    • amanda gonzalez says

      July 24, 2018 at 9:19 pm

      i also liked both insta & FB pages

  42. Cristina Perez says

    July 25, 2018 at 2:19 pm

    Café has to be super sweet. And usually cafe cine leche.

    I liked La Llave on Facebook and on Instagram

    • Cristina Perez says

      July 25, 2018 at 2:33 pm

      Oops. Café con leche

  43. MIRTHA VALDES MARTIN says

    July 26, 2018 at 4:37 am

    (1) sweet of course!!!! Drinking espresso since I was an infant… Tried once or twice to drink it black. Could not do it. I figure this is my one vice so…sweet it is!!!!
    (2) Espresso, Cortadito, or Cafe con leche???? All the above. 🙂 all the time

  44. Gilda Morejón says

    July 26, 2018 at 6:29 am

    I take mine as an espresso, not too sweet and with lots of espumita of course. I also enjoy a good dark Cafe con Leche.

  45. Gilda Morejón says

    July 26, 2018 at 6:41 am

    I liked Cafe la Llave on Facebook

  46. Adriana Ruiz says

    July 26, 2018 at 9:54 am

    I drink it black in cafe con leche and sweet in a colada

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