This post is sponsored by my favorite coffee people, Café La Llave. The opinions contained in this piece are all my very own. Someone asked me the other day about Cuban Coffee. She asked the difference between Cuban espresso and "American" coffee. I kind of went off about everything that I love about Cuban coffee, from the beautiful aroma to the ...
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National Coffee Day Starts with Cafe La Llave – a Giveaway
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 ...
The Smell of Home – Gaviña Coffee Basket Giveaway
I remember being about 5 years old when I really took notice that my family brewed coffee a dozen times a day. It was almost a Sacred Ritual. This also happened, I took note, in every single Cuban home I had ever entered. The daily brewing of the perfect Cuban cafecito is something that happens repeatedly throughout the day in Cuban households ...
A Match Made in Cuban Coffee Heaven
You know how much we Cubans love our cafecito. We also love lattes and cappuccinos and café con leche. Any iteration of coffee will do for us. There's even a subset of us that just love our Americano. All that to say this: We love a cup of strong coffee any way we can get it. Particularly a shot of hot, sweet espresso. In light of that ...
3:05 Miami Cafecito Break (A Winner)
Wow, people! We are some seriously serious coffee drinkers. According to your answers from the 3:05 Miami Cafecito Break giveaway, our attitude is "hey, it's 3:05 somewhere..." Thanks to all of you who entered and of course, to JennyLee Molina for generously providing such a cool giveaway. For those of you who are wondering just ...
MBFCF Giveaway Week Winners
I want to thank you all for celebrating with me this week. Also, to my very generous sponsors for providing the cool Cuban giveaways I've been priviledged to share. Thank you all. I'm blessed and humbled by your constant love and support. MBFCF Giveaway #1 - My Big, Fat, Cuban Family Cookbook goes ...
“Mas café por favor!” (MBFCF Giveaway #5)
I hope you're enjoying the week long celebration of My Big, Fat, Cuban Family being here on the web for 7 years now. I'm so seriously delighted with the generosity of my sponsors and I'm grateful to all my Cuban cubiches who are helping me celebrate by offering such fun prizes. This summer, Eric and I had the wonderful opportunity to ...
We grew coffee in our backyard. And we liked it.
Happy National Coffee Day! A few years ago, our dear friends, Gene and Pam sent Eric two little 3 inch coffee plants for his birthday. They thought it would be fun for us to grow our own backyard coffee. So we added the little plants to our kind-of-chaotic-we-just-like-how-they-look backyard garden. We watered them along with everyone else who ...
La Llave Coffee Basket – A Winner
Someone's Mami is in for a wonderful surprise. Congratulations to the winner of the La Llave Cuban Coffee Basket for Mother's Day. ****************************************************************************************************************** Nery, please send me an email with HEY, MARTA! I WON SOMETHING ON YOUR BLOG in the subject ...
Keeping the Faith – A Giveaway
There have been a lot of twists and turns in my personal life (and in the country at large) this past week. It's times like these that send me looking (running!) for comfort. Because I'm Cuban, I can usually find my comfort in the kitchen. (Don't judge me.) A fabulous sofrito, a perfect arroz con pollo a la chorrera, or a sweet flan ...
Freshly Ground Heaven (MBFCF Giveaway #5)
Last month I was privileged to visit the Gaviña Gourmet Coffee Roasters in Vernon, California. The occasion was the introduction of the new Gaviña Holiday Collection. That's right, people. A COLLECTION. Of COFFEE. *swoon* The Gaviña Holiday Collection (!) is a selection of seasonal coffees especially curated to “warm the hearts of coffee ...
3:05 Cafecito break in the 305 (area code)
I just got back from a fabulous trip to South Florida (more about this later). One of the biggest draws for me when I am visiting Miami (Area Code 305), besides visiting family and enjoying the mostly perfect beach weather is, of course, the Cuban food. Bistec de palomilla, moros y cristianos, maduros (you could die from such beauty): I had this ...
How I Choose Who Gets the Giveaway Stuff (and Espresso Set Winner)
I'm still laughing at how seriously you all take your "taka taka" and how often you celebrate National Coffee Day. Some of you, it seems, celebrate National Coffee Hour, but that's not important right now. ;-) I hope you enjoyed the "Taka Taka Time" video. I laugh out loud every time I watch it. It's obvious that ...
National Coffee Day – It’s “taka taka” time! (A Coffee Giveaway, too.)
Don't ask me how I know these things. I just do. This is one of those geeky things that has gotten stuck in my brain and screams to be celebrated. Like Hobbit Day, which we always celebrate elaborately. Or like Pi Day, which also happens to be Albert Einstein's birthday. Or even Star Wars Day ("May the 4th be with you!" - ...
Espresso time! And the winner is…
I was quite pleased as I read the comments on the How to Make Cuban Coffee With Killer Espuma post. Most of you are of the Old Stovetop School of Cuban Coffee Making Goodness. (Yay!) And can I just tell you right now how much I love when you tell me about even the minutia of your life? I feel like we're sharing a cafecito at my kitchen table. ...
How to make Cuban coffee with KILLER espuma. You’re welcome.
Making Cuban coffee is more art than science. I think I learned how to make Cuban coffee when I was about 8 years old and able to maneuver in the kitchen without hurting anything. It wasn't just a matter of making the coffee itself, there had to be a frothy topping to that café and just the right amount of sweetness. Of course, like anything ...
