How to Make a Cuban Coffee the Classic or Traditional Way
Today we are going to talk about another delicious variation of coffee brews, called Cuban Coffee. Like with the Turkish coffee, that we have discussed in the previous article, let’s get everything you need to brew a Cuban Coffee before we start the process.
Everything You Will Need to Make a Classic Cuban Coffee
- The first item on our list will be a classic or traditional Cuban Coffee maker.
- Next up is Cuban or Espresso Coffee. Most Cubans prefer Café La Llave, there is also Cafe La Caretta. Interesting side note, if you happen to be in Miami there is an authentic Cuban restaurant with the same name LaCaretta.
- Third item that you will need is a measuring cup that everyone has in their kitchen but if for some strange reason you don’t here is the link for it.
- Last but not least, is, of course, sugar!
Now that we are all set with everything we will need, let’s get cooking!
Step by Step Process to Make it Perfect
- Take a measuring cup and put in 3 generous spoons of sugar in it. Like we previously discussed in Turkish coffee, the amount of sugar depends solely on your taste, generally it is 1-1,5 spoons per cup.
- Now we’ll need to put some water in the base of the coffee maker. It is extremely important that your water level does not go over the safety valve located in the base of the coffee maker.
- Next we are going to pack the coffee funnel located in the base as well with the coffee of our choice. Important note. You don’t want to pack it really hard but you don’t want to be loose either, because in a latter case your coffee is going to be very watery.
- At this point we are done with coffee maker; we screw the top to the bottom and put it on the hot stove. It is important to leave the top cover slightly open, so you can see the first drips of coffee coming out, you don’t want to miss that. Why? We’ll cover that shortly.
- Here comes the fun part! As soon as you see the first coffee liquid geyser up, take the coffee maker off the stove and add that liquid to the sugar in your measured cup. Now start mixing it with sugar, if it’s too thick, add a little more coffee. You are going to have to mix it up till you get a consistent, creamy, whipped delicious coffee paste.
- Once the whipped paste is ready, we are pretty much done. Now slowly pour the rest of the coffee into the measuring cup, observing how that delicious paste forms beautiful coffee foam on the top of your measuring cup.
Last step! Serve!
Final Thoughts on Making a Perfect Cuban Coffee
A little trick!
When pouring a ready to drink Cuban Coffee make sure you are slightly shaking a measuring cup, this way your guests will get to enjoy the delicious coffee foam that you just whipped up for them.
Mmmmmmmm Delicious!
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