{"id":2730,"date":"2020-08-07T21:26:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T21:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2020-08-07T21:26:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T21:26:23","slug":"cuban-coffee-con-leche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2020\/08\/07\/cuban-coffee-con-leche\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Coffee Con Leche"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pandemic has encouraged folks who can&#8217;t move about much to find other ways to amuse themselves. My new vice is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuban_espresso\">Cuban Coffee<\/a> and it has caught on with others in my family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have a fancy espresso\/latte machine, but my new approach involves simple equipment and inexpensive coffee. The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moka_pot\">Moka pot<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caf%C3%A9_Bustelo\">Cafe Bustelo<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba1-1024x768.png?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba1.png?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba1.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba1.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba1.png?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba1.png?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba2-768x1024.png?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba2.png?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba2.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba2.png?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba2.png?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba2.png?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This coffee and paste is combined to produce Cuban Coffee. Adding frothed milk produces a Cuban coffee con leche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba3-768x1024.png?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba3.png?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba3.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba3.png?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba3.png?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cuba3.png?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pandemic has encouraged folks who can&#8217;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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2020\/08\/07\/cuban-coffee-con-leche\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2734,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730\/revisions\/2734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}