The pandemic has encouraged folks who can’t move about much to find other ways to amuse themselves. My new vice is Cuban Coffee and it has caught on with others in my family.
I have a fancy espresso/latte machine, but my new approach involves simple equipment and inexpensive coffee. The Moka pot is on the right. The pot on the left is a way to make a latte, but I just use the bottom part which heats and froths milk. Cuban coffee is made with a coffee ground to a size similar to espresso. The Cafe Bustelo is a common coffee used in preparing Cuban Coffee. I purchase many kinds of coffee to support my habit. For some reason, Cafe Bustelo is very reasonably priced.
Cuban coffee is similar to espresso but it is combined with a thick sugar paste. The first small amount of coffee generated by the pot is added to sugar and mixed vigorously to produce a paste that when combined with the coffee produces a froth that tops the coffee.
This coffee and paste is combined to produce Cuban Coffee. Adding frothed milk produces a Cuban coffee con leche.
