10/30/23: CONGRATULATIONS! We have a winner!
Good job, Patricia! Please contact me via email – send me your physical address so I can forward to Gaviña and they can send you your goodies – also put HEY MARTA! I WON STUFF ON YOUR BLOG so I don’t accidentally delete your email. Buen Provecho and thanks for playing along!
Editor’s Note: If Patricia doesn’t claim her prize, we will do another draweing in 3 days. Thanks again!
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Hi Kids!
It’s time for that funnest of all games we love to play:
Let’s give away a basketful of Café La Llave to celebrate the conclusion of Hispanic Heritage Month. (Technically, we celebrate Hispanic Heritage ALL year, but that’s not important right now.
I’m grateful as ever to my friends at Café La Llave for their generosity in providing a box of Café La Llave and all it comes with.
You don’t want to miss out on this one! To enter the drawing for the Box of Café La Llave goodies, please answer the following questions:
- Do you drink regular or decaf?
- Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito?
- If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? (Say around Christmas?)
Leave a message on this post answering thos questions and I’ll pick a winner next week on Monday, October 30th at 11:00 am EST.
I look forward to hearing your answers. Buen Provecho! 
Nothing better than a cup of regular cafe.
Anytime is a great time for a cup of cafecito, but my favorite time is after dinner.
If I would win this lovely basket of cafe I would keep it to share with mi esposo.
Thank you for having another contest.
1. I only drink regular (really, is there any other option?l
2. Morning cafecito is the best (and I use La Llave in my coffee maker). But, every now and then, a little cup of Cuban Coffee after dinner is nice too to help with digestion and dessert (preferably, a refugiado).
3. I’ve trained my kids in my Cuban ways, so they like their cafesito too (on weekends). Who needs Starbucks when you have La Llave. And of course, I do get requests for espresso (using my Cubsn cafetera) from my non’Cuban friends. Our stuff is just too good!
Do you drink regular or decaf? Regular and La Llave of course!
Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito? Always a cafe con leche in the morning and a cafecito at night after dinner…que rico!!
If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? (Say around Christmas?) I would absolutely share with my boyfriend who lovesss their coffee as much as I do!
Hi Marta,
1. I use regular La Llave
2. I have a regular cafecito in the afternoon.
3. I would probably gift this to my husband for Christmas ????
Thanks!!
1. I drink regular.
2. I drink it all day long
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3. I drink it by mysel and I share it with one’s I love.
Cafè loving gringa a qui!!!????
I love regular !
I tend to drink it every single night at the beginning of work (I work midnights)
I’d do both enjoy it myself and share with my fellow officers
1) regular! Dark and strong
2) as soon as I wake up and a las 2
3) I would love to share with family! Nothing better than drinking coffee at home all day long!
Thanks!
Do you drink regular or decaf? Both!! Regular until 2-3pm then Decaf
Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito? First thing in the morning while everyone is still sleeping there’s peace and quiet in the house and I enjoy it so much. Then the rest is consumed while o get ready and while working
If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? I would definitely use these beautiful cups myself. I’m not going to part with that. I love my Cafe la Llave!!
1. I drink decaf, my daughter drinks regular.
2. I make regular cafecito for my daughter. She takes it to work in a thermos and drinks it throughout the day.
When she leaves, I make myself decaf and enjoy it nice and hot, sometimes I dip my bread in it.
3. If I win, we will keep enjoying it but definitely share with friends when they visit.
Do you drink regular or decaf? Regular
Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito? I love it in the morning, afternoon and late evening.
If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? (Say around Christmas?) I would share at our home at our cafe it station so all can try it and enjoy our cafecito.
Do you drink regular or decaf?
Regular
Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito?
Around 2p
If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? (Say around Christmas?)
I would use them myself! Love my cafecito!
It is obvious that growing up in a Cuban household, espresso is a “must”…I recall back in the 60’s and 70’s and living in the city of New York, there was not much of a variety of espresso. My mother would make Bustelo or Pilon and of course I had to have my espresso early in the morning and of course after dinner.
Ever since LA LLAVE came out in the market and I tried it, I got hooked! FROM THE MOMENT YOU OPEN THE CAN, THE AROMA IS PURE AND SPECTACULAR…I LOVE IT SO MUCH THAT MY SON HAS PURCHASED BOXES ON AMAZON AND SENT THEM TO ME…THERE IS NO OTHER COFFEE FOR ME!!!
Do you drink regular or decaf? Regular
Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito? In the morning my cafe con leche and before I go to bed I’ll have another cafe con leche.
If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? (Say around Christmas?) I would love the products for my house but I can share
1) I drink regular cafecito
2).I usually stop to enjoy cafecito in the mornings & afternoon when I can
3).I would use for both myself & my boyfriend he loves cafecito as much as I do lol
OMG I am soo excited to enter for this!!
My go to is definitely regular coffee, the darker the better! Need that pep in my step in the mornings for sure! But the weekends it’s all bets off and it’s “cuando me de la gana” lol 🙂
This gift would definitely be for me, myself and I! Ok ok I’ll be “la nena buena” and share with my media naranja of 30 years (almost in 2024).
HI, I enjoy REGULAR Cafe Cafecito is very important in THE MORNIG to start the day and never stop ( mi mama dice q el cafe q le da insognio es el q se bota),if I win I’ll share and use for myself jjj my family is always around me
I love cafecito and usually only drink it when I visit my mom in Orlando because I can’t make it as good as she does! If I win I would give it to my mother so I have a reason to go to Florida!
Oh my goodness CAFECITO is life for me…..
Do you drink regular or decaf? Regular always
Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito? Morning cafecito con leche and afternoon pick me up
If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? (Say around Christmas?) My Pastor and boss loves loves loves cafecito. He’s half Cuban and half Koren, I would definitely share this with him.
Regular Coffee (Although I should use Decaf at night)
My afternoon cafecito is my Favorite right before Dinner prep and clean up????
If I won I use it immediately because Today is a gift as tomorrow isn’t promised. Anyone who comes over my house is always welcomed. Food and cafe is always served
1. Caffeinated is the only way. ????????
2. Every morning and every afternoon. ????????
3. Shared with my family as soon as I run out of my stash. They all live nearby, so whoever stops in at the right time. ☕️????????
Yes, I drink both regular and decaf coffee depending on the time of day. I always look forward to that first cup of coffee in the morning and then in the afternoon for a quick pick me up. The aroma of coffee is like no other. Of course, this is meant to be shared with family and friends, especially when it’s Cafe La Llave! ❤️☕️❤️☕️
(1) regular. decaf just does not seem like coffee
(2) 3pm. We all take a hard stop at the office to have our cafecito and talk about our day
(3) my parents (both Pedro Pan children) celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary this week….I would reluctantly share it with them 🙂
Cafe La Llave is a standard for our family. It is an expression of tradition and pride in our culture. Drinking coffee needs no time… Only availability to sit and cherish life or to enjoy time with family. The basket would mean so very much… toasting to family we have lost and celebrating those that we still have time to love. Viva Cafe La Llave!
I drink regular.
I love a cup in the evening.
I would definitely keep it for my self and family.
Do you drink regular or decaf?
I drink regular!
Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito?
cafe con leche por la mañana, cafesito in late morning as well as late afternoon, then cafe con leche at night ( to help me sleep…not just Cubana, but ADHD, LOL)
If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? (Say around Christmas?)
I would use it to try to get a son or two lured back home for Christmas. I miss them so much, so maybe the lure of Cubanisms will bring them back. La Llave was Mami’s favorite, so maybe those memories will spark something. Here’s hoping, anyway- no?
Ah, anyway- thank you so much for all that you do as well as your humor and recipes throughout the years- Between you and Jennie you guys always kept me going when Mami, and then Papi, died, and kids left. A little shot of Cuban soul…so bittersweet, but so warm and so good.
Sorry, didn’t mean to be so pesada- I usually laugh my butt off with you, LOL!
Un beso, chica!
~Livia
We usually drink regular but are not opposed to trying decaf?
Usually we like to have a cafecito in the morning with breakfast and a shot of cafecito after lunch, dinner or if company comes over for a visit.
I would definitely use the products, but would share it with my in-laws also because they LOVE Café la Llave. It’s their favorite brand of cafe and ours too.
Do you drink regular or decaf? Regular! Decaf?!? Never
Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito? Upon waking up and mid to late afternoon.
If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? (Say around Christmas?) It would be all mine!!!!!
Do you drink regular or decaf? REGULAR!!!
Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito? EARLY MORNING & MID AFTERNOON!!!
If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? (Say around Christmas?) DEFINITELY TO SHARE WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS ESPECIALLY SINCE THE HOLIDAYS ARE UPON US!!!
Marta, I so enjoy you and your family posts on IG. Congrats on the new addition to the family! Wishing you and yours a beautiful holiday season: Tric o Tri, Japi Sans Givin, Feliz Navidad y un Ano Nuevo lleno de Salud, Amor y Felicidad. Be like Marta #Wella. Gracias por la oportunidad!!!
We love Martha and My Big Fat Cuban Family!!
Do you drink regular or decaf? Both
Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito? Morning and 3:05!
If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? (Say around Christmas?) Share with @rumcakeladycubancafe fans in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia!
What a wonderful gift! I drink regular in the morning and decaf later in the day so I’m able to sleep. My favorite time to have my cafecito is before my morning work out for a nice boost of energy. Of course if I win I would have to share with my best friend because we love a coffee and chat!
1- I drink regular (leaded) coffee.
2- My favorite time to drink coffee is in the morning with my cuban husband, on my front porch, looking over our finca.
3- I would definitely keep for myself. I might share a tasa or 2 with my daughter or BFFs.
Do you drink regular or decaf? Regular!
Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito? 3:05, the perfect time for Cafecito Break!
If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? (Say around Christmas?) I would be sharing with those I love. I’m
currently living in Tallahassee and can use a Cubanity boost to share with my Miami transplants and Tally friends who have not had the experience of Cafecito Break!
1. Regular, usually Cafe Bustello, but that’s cuz it’s easier to find where I live.
2. Prefer it as an afternoon pick me up.
3. I’ll be using it right away, but will also be sharing with my hubby & son.
I drink my cafecito first thing in the morning, and have a second around 2pm. I don’t bother with decaf! It doesn’t taste the same as my 7 year old self remembers, sipping the most luscious, sugary, yumminess from the little green and white Versailles espresso cup my Mom made me take out to my Dad. This gift is all for me!
1. Do you drink regular or decaf? A: Regular 100%
2. Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito? A: like clockwork, between 3:00 and 3:30 pm everyday. ????
3. If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? (Say around Christmas?) A: Absolutely, un cafecito en compañia grata is always better.
1. I drink regular!
2. I always try to enjoy my cafecitos on the weekends in the morning, accompanying breakfast, but during the week, it’s the perfect mid-afternoon lift me up (which is much much needed)
3. If I won, I would save the gifts for a family reunion (los abuelos, las tias, primos, etc.) so that we could all enjoy them together
Do you drink regular or decaf? I drink regular.
Is there a certain time of day when you stop to enjoy your cafecito? In the afternoon, before heading home from work .
If you won, would you use the products yourself, or save to share with someone you love? I would certainly save to share with my loved ones. They are visiting us for Thanksgiving.
Thank you very much. Blessings!
My husband and I in NC, drink caffeinated in the morning. My husband takes “un thermo” to work and continue the ritual.
Honestly, we can drink it any time. Really why ever stop!
If we win, I would share with our friends. All of our family are in Florida. When we moved to North Carolina we shared our nectar of life with a few friends. They have never been the same. Still make a colada every morning!
Cariños!
1. I drink regular because I need caffeine to survive the day.????
2. I drink my cafecito in the morning, before 11am otherwise I can’t sleep at night. ????????
3. I would use some and share most, because Cuban coffee love needs to be shared. I keep a cafetera at work so I can share the love ☕️
My Papi and I enjoy a wonderful fully caffeinated cafeito every morning with a huge chunk of butter Cuban Bread from La Segunda Central. We have been doing it for years and it’s a great way to connect and get the day started. We switched to La LLave a few years ago and have never looked back. It’s so smooth and rich. We have regular get togethers with our neighbors where a cafeito and a slice of my Mami’s flan is always on the table. I’d like to think they come for the company but it’s really Mami’s flan! LOL
I only drink regular and the best time for a cafecito is at 3pm. I’ve got my office in Charleston, West Virginia enjoying the cafecito break too! I even bought an electric cafetera for the office. ????????????
If I win I’m sharing it with my people at work. Right now we use bustelo but I would love to introduce them to real Cuban coffee with la llave. These country folks love and appreciate the extra energy boost!!
I drink regular (although I have had decaf in the past).
I make cafecito (La Llave) every morning for hubby and myself. On weekends when we are home I also make an afternoon cafecito.
If I won, I might bring it to the office and start a new cuban coffee tradition there.