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National Coffee Day

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September 29 is National Coffee Day and here at MyCubanStore.com we could not be happier to celebrate this important day.  Actually, we recently found out about this occasion and we don’t know much about it other than the fact that National Coffee Day is an incentive for coffee retailers to offer special promotions on their coffee products.

  To us of course this is second nature since Cubans celebrate coffee every day and here at MyCubanStore.com we love to offer special deals, especially on coffee.  The unique way that Cubans prepare coffee makes for a special celebration that occurs several times a day in the daily life of a Cuban coffee drinker.  If you are not familiar with Cuban coffee, see our blog entry about it:

http://blog.mycubanstore.com/cuban-drinks/what-is-cuban-coffee/ 

                  Cubans love sharing their coffee, offering coffee is as common as a greeting during visits.  That is why we were pleased to find out that there has been a special day set aside for the world’s most popular drink next to water.  National Coffee Day is definitely something that we will cherish and observe every year from here on.  We are starting today by offering special offers and promotions to make it easier for the world to experience coffee the way that Cubans do.  Please enjoy this National Coffee Day.

What is Cuban coffee?

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Cuban Coffee Explained
Cuban Coffee Explained

Before Italian coffee makers Cubans used to brew their coffee using a wooden stand that held a cloth filter suspended above the coffee pot.  The ground coffee would be placed in the filter until it became saturated with the boiling water poured over it.  This form of coffee brewing is still in practice today in Cuba and in the Cuban exile community in Miami.

The espresso form of Cuban coffee

Cubans love their coffee so much they drink it in concentrated shots. Cuban coffee is a form of espresso coffee and got popular in Cuba after the arrival of the Italian coffee makers. The Cuban  style coffee is a darker coffee (darker roast of coffee) and many people believe results in a stronger tasting coffee.

Drinking Cuban coffee is also a social event, here in Miami you will find almost all Cuban or Latin food restaurants feature these coffee windows or “ventanas” where you can come by without entering the restaurant and order yourself a “shot” of coffee (cafecito). Don’t expect to get a regular cup of coffee instead, you will get your coffee in a tiny plastic cup or in more “fancy” terms, an espresso cup. It is also customary for people to come by the window and order a “colada”  which basically is a whole cup of espresso coffee to share with others, this is serve with about 8 tiny cups for sharing.

While ordering coffee you will find all your typical Miami characters hanging around the window having conversations about everything, these people can easily comment on last night’s shark attack week video or the most complex international events.

Mixing the Cuban coffee with equal parts of hot milk will result in a delicious drink they call “cortadito” or if mixed with more milk it will be called “cafe con leche” coffee and milk.

Here at mycubanstore.com we carry a line of coffee as well as a line of stove top Italian coffee maker for those of you who would like to enjoy this type of Coffee at home. We also found an interesting how to video that represents and teaches you the correct way to make Cuban coffee:

Last but not least I want to let you Ralphie May’s explanation of Cuban Coffee: