Cuban coffee.

[El Presidente]

This brought a smile to myself. 

This is also why you need to get out of Havana when you visit Cuba. 

Have a great weekend!

 

 

[shrink]

This is a really nostalgic and romantic notion of how great country-grown and roasted coffee could be. But it probably tastes like shit. 

[El Presidente]

7 minutes ago, shrink said:

This is a really nostalgic and romantic notion of how great country-grown and roasted coffee could be. But it probably tastes like shit. 

When you have it, you  understand why it needs a ton of sugar 

......but it still beats Starbucks hands down 

[gweilgi]

20 minutes ago, shrink said:

This is a really nostalgic and romantic notion of how great country-grown and roasted coffee could be. But it probably tastes like shit. 

I like to buy Cuban Turquino Lavado from the Algerian Coffee Stores in London -- utterly rich and full-flavoured, it's a really good bean to use for the breakfast espresso!

[Fuzz]

 

[Corylax18]

1 hour ago, El Presidente said:

This is also why you need to get out of Havana when you visit Cuba. 

Yes! 

1 hour ago, shrink said:

This is a really nostalgic and romantic notion of how great country-grown and roasted coffee could be. But it probably tastes like shit. 

No No No!! The best cup of Coffee I've ever had was at the Coffee Finca that "Protected" the path to Fidel's hide out in the Sierra Maestra. Roasting the coffee over an open fire gives it an amazing wood smoke flavor. The "sun drying" he mentions often happens in the road as shown below. I guarantee its like no cup you've ever had. As Pres mentioned, you need a lot of sugar because they make it STRONG. Starbucks it ain't. The Sierra Maestra are absolutely beautiful and I highly recommend the Hike to Comandancia de la Plata and Pico Turquino.

Its just not the same without the chickens:

IMG_7434.MOV

 

[gweilgi]

5 hours ago, Corylax18 said:

Yes! 

No No No!! The best cup of Coffee I've ever had was at the Coffee Finca that "Protected" the path to Fidel's hide out in the Sierra Maestra. Roasting the coffee over an open fire gives it an amazing wood smoke flavor. The "sun drying" he mentions often happens in the road as shown below. I guarantee its like no cup you've ever had. As Pres mentioned, you need a lot of sugar because they make it STRONG. Starbucks it ain't. The Sierra Maestra are absolutely beautiful and I highly recommend the Hike to Comandancia de la Plata and Pico Turquino.

Dried on the side of the road?

Does that not give the coffee a delicious note of diesel exhaust fumes?

[Baccy]

Omg... he torched those beans smut black

...but I would almost guarantee it's still better than $tarbucks!

[madandana]

I love this. The only problem is, by the time the coffee is done it's lunchtime.

 

Now......How do they make the donuts?

[Corylax18]

7 hours ago, gweilgi said:

Dried on the side of the road?

Does that not give the coffee a delicious note of diesel exhaust fumes?

Haha. It's a possibility, but traffic is VERY light on that road, just the national park vans taking hikers to the trail heads. As @Baccy said, they roast the beans so long/dark that not much "outside" flavor has a chance to get through anyway. 

[Ivaylo]

this coffee will kick like a horse!

[helix]

That was a definite Dark Roast .LOL! Would be more to my liking in a lighter roast . 

[dgixxer252525]

Pres the videos you post like this take me back to the old stories my grandfather used to share with me about growing up on the island. We are taking him back in May for the first time in 48 years...

[earthson]

On 4/5/2018 at 6:17 PM, shrink said:

This is a really nostalgic and romantic notion of how great country-grown and roasted coffee could be. But it probably tastes like shit. 

See, I look at that and think it looks yummy.  Fresh-roasted cowboy coffee put through a gravity drip?  Yes, please.

My wife and I have gotten utterly hooked on Serrano coffee.  We don't always agree on favorites, but this coffee wins it for us.

[Ethernut]

This is beyond dark roast.. beyond French roast. beyond Vienna. Damn near charcoal and ignition. Would love to give it a go though!

[GWG]

This would truly redefine your morning smoke, picking a cigar to go with that would be most interesting.