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[Ari]

Thanks, Ari. Regarding your picture, I've never made coffee that way.

Don't, Peter. It's horrible coffee.
We only keep it here for my MIL's visits, and use a proper espresso machine for all our coffee needs.

[Ari]

Maybe not...but you have an awesome coffee maker.

It's yours, Michael!
I can't stand this coffee. In my house, espresso is king!

[Corran]

I like my Bialetti sometimes, but I make Cubanos with it. What espresso machine do you have Ari? I've posted a pic of mine, months ago, a Profitec.

[MultiFormat Shooter]

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Was this in the Gulf South? It certainly has that look.

[jon.oman]

Was this in the Gulf South? It certainly has that look.

Just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Magnolia Gardens.

You can find some IR shots I made today, here: https://www.largeformatphotography.i...=1#post1635784

[Peter De Smidt]

Don't, Peter. It's horrible coffee.
We only keep it here for my MIL's visits, and use a proper espresso machine for all our coffee needs.

That's funny! Yeah, I like good espresso, too.

[Ari]

I like my Bialetti sometimes, but I make Cubanos with it. What espresso machine do you have Ari? I've posted a pic of mine, months ago, a Profitec.

How do you make Cubanos, Bryan? Extra sugar?
We have an older Mokita that my wife bought me for my birthday about 10 years ago.
It produces a crema that's an inch thick!

[Corran]

Neat! I've not heard of that machine, I'll have to check it out.

For Cubanos - we use Cafe Bustelo coffee of course, and after a few ounces percolate up through the moka pot I pour an ounce into each of the cups and put it back on the burner. To the ~1oz of coffee I add a teaspoon or so of turbinado sugar and use an electric milk frother / whisk to whip up the coffee and sugar mix into a thick crema. Once that's done the moka pot is about done and into each glass you carefully pour the black coffee in down the side so that it slides under the crema. Makes a delicious and sweet drink with a lot of body. Definitely strong though.

When we've visited Key West and surrounding areas we had dozens of cubanos and I tried to observe their preparation, and make something similar, along with researching articles online for methods.

Here's my Profitec:

[Ari]

Niiiice machine, Bryan!
I love drinking Cubanos. I visited Peru a few times, and the stopover was always Miami International.
There is/was a Cubano coffee stand there that made amazing concoctions.
Thanks for the instructions, will give it a go soon!

[Tin Can]

I like one cup of very strong coffee in morning.......only one

My first Cuban coffee made by a pre Castro revolution refugee was unbelievably strong and hot

He told tales of his era in Cuba