celtmick1984 Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Interested in the members' thoughts on what types are best, and where to source them online. I've had Cubita coffee, enjoyed it, but am confident that there's better cuban coffee out there. Also, if anyone has any tips on pairing or on their preferred way to prepare and enjoy cuban coffee, would love to hear them!
Ophidion Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Turquino is the best but the stuff you get in stores and online is usually WAY past its peak. I've been drinking a lot of Bolivian pea berry and its my favorite coffee right now. Volcania coffee sells it for a reasonable price and they ship it right after they roast it so its super fresh.
riazp Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 i'm partial to serrano cuban coffee...cubita is good, but i prefer serrano or turquino for sure. The advantage to cubita is that is very easy to find here in the montreal area. But personally, since i've bought my nespresso machine, I dont really drink anything else coffee wise. Every coffee lover and cigar smoker should have a nespresso machine in their life.
bassman Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Turquino is the best but the stuff you get in stores and online is usually WAY past its peak. I've been drinking a lot of Bolivian pea berry and its my favorite coffee right now. Volcania coffee sells it for a reasonable price and they ship it right after they roast it so its super fresh. Have to agree. Most Cuban coffee I've tried has been stale by the time it's gotten to me. Turquico is very good, but there are better coffees out there. I've partial to various types from Brazil, Sumatra & Ethiopian. A good friend buys green beans & roasts them to order, so I know it's fresh. Nothing like the barter system- a few pounds of coffee for some good cigars.
Ophidion Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 If there is anything I am more passionate about than cigars, it's coffee. Just trying to hold off on stick buying so I can get set up to roast my own beans.
Colt45 Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 We used to get a bit of a discount through Jimmy's efforts here, but that was some time ago: http://www.cubascoffee.com/
canadianbeaver Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 If you want to try roasting your own coffee at home without a roaster (the home roaster I once had was complicated and almost went on fire), you can also try on your stove top:
celtmick1984 Posted March 26, 2013 Author Posted March 26, 2013 FOH to the rescue! It never ceases to amaze me the amount of knowledge on this forum about all things relevant to the good life. Thanks all!
CanuckSARTech Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Agreed with others - Cubita is pretty good, but I'm definitely impartial to Cafe Serrano. Great stuff. I always get the bags of whole bean Serrano, and then the wife and I just grind up a small Gladware container's worth at a time. Easy to find and buy in Cuba, but here at home, it can also be had from any of the LCDH stores I believe (I know it's regularly at the LCDH's in Windsor and Toronto, pretty sure I've seen it most times I've been in Montreal, and I'm unsure about Vancouver). There's lots of online retailers that have it also. I've always found that any bags bought in Cuba, or at the LCDH's, are always fresh and well within almost 9 months to a year's worth of best-before time left on them.
Puros Y Vino Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 I've had Cubita beans and it's been pretty good in a French press. I've had Serrano from an espresso machine and it is excellent. I have a Nespresso and should they ever come out with a Cuban bean coffee. I'm buying skids worth. For those of you with a proper espresso machine. Which Cuban beans have you tried. How would you describe the "body" of the espresso made? And what would you recommend?
canadianbeaver Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Coffee should be used within 2-3 months max. The aromas and flavours turn to nothing but stale air after that. And only grind as you need it. Ground coffee stays fresh for only up to a week. Cuban coffee is supposed to be fabulous. I have just never been able to find it fresh. For the money, the best coffee I M O is Ethiopian Yirgacheffe .
CanuckSARTech Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Coffee should be used within 2-3 months max. The aromas and flavours turn to nothing but stale air after that. And only grind as you need it. Ground coffee stays fresh for only up to a week. Cuban coffee is supposed to be fabulous. I have just never been able to find it fresh. For the money, the best coffee I M O is Ethiopian Yirgacheffe . Cool. Okay, thanks Lisa. I think my wife has heard this before - I have as well. But what we do is we put the initial vac-packed bags into the deep freezer, and then freeze enough for about a month at a time, and then put that into those little Gladware containers and put those into the fridge freezer. The remainder/open main bags with the whole beans are then put into a further freezer Glad bag, and stored like that. With the two little kids, me being gone a lot, and my wife's varying work schedule, we try to combine the best of freshest, most flavourful, good quality coffee, but then also with variety and ease-of-use / convenience for my wife when she wants to brew a pot.
canadianbeaver Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Don't get me started about coffee in the freezer LOL. Hey, next to Cuban cigars, this is my world, remember?
Ophidion Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 God I love Ethiopian. I got some from bluebottle last week and it tastes like drinking grapefruit. I'm still very partial to s American but I do fancy some African beans from time to time.
LLC Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 The company that distributes this machine uses this coffee from Italy. First came across it in Europe a few years ago and have been using it ever since for espresso and Americano coffees.
LGC Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Novelty item. Only tobacco truly stands alone from the island.
Lotusguy Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 The company that distributes this machine uses this coffee from Italy. First came across it in Europe a few years ago and have been using it ever since for espresso and Americano coffees. I love my Jura Capresso!! I buy my coffee at Aldi in Germany, though - their fair trade Espresso beans are outstanding and at 12 euro per kg a steal!!
emdub23 Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Anyone know where to find fresh Cuban Coffee in Vancouver, BC?
hoyopr Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 Anyone know where to find fresh Cuban Coffee in Vancouver, BC? LCDH downtown is where I use to buy Serrano whole bean, on Hornby between Hastings and Pender.
mazolaman Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 The best coffee I ever had was from Cuba, I bought in Cuba. Cannot remember the brand. Even better than any Jamaican I've tried, and a little fuller than Ethiopia. I think it is only available through LCDH in Teddington, and there's no way I'm paying their prices for anything.
emdub23 Posted April 13, 2013 Posted April 13, 2013 LCDH downtown is where I use to buy Serrano whole bean, on Hornby between Hastings and Pender. I believe they have closed.
hoyopr Posted April 13, 2013 Posted April 13, 2013 I believe they have closed. You maybe right it has been a years since I visited it.
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