You're kidding right? From a guy who has access to a walk in cigar humidor that rivals a Havana cigar shop, and you do not have a source for Cuban coffee?
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Originally posted by frankluke: ... for coffee you cabrons, somebody help me out if they can.. oh i need the grounded up kind, i don't have a roaster or any of that fancy stuff.
"Bud spelers of the word unight, and remumber: cabron is most abundent elemant in hte youknwverse"
LOL. I know the guys you're talking about. I got some coffee from them a while ago only to find it was "Cuban style" but roasted in Italy. Cabrons, indeed.
For the record, it was still pretty good.
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Could someone please tell me what a "cabron" is? I hear George Lopez say it all the time but I asked a PuertoRican friend what is means and all she would say is that it was a bad word but that it had a different meaning in Mexican Spanish.
Thanks"
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Posts: 1581 | Location: Connecticut | Registered: November 19, 2004
Old Goat, which is a Cuban insult. Or quite possibly it is a misspelling of the word carbon.
Which would then be used to insult a person in the following way: You bloody defective carbon unit
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Originally posted by SAXON9075: Could someone please tell me what a "cabron" is? I hear George Lopez say it all the time but I asked a PuertoRican friend what is means and all she would say is that it was a bad word but that it had a different meaning in Mexican Spanish.
Thanks"
"Bud spelers of the word unight, and remumber: cabron is most abundent elemant in hte youknwverse"
Originally posted by hawksfan75: What is the allure of the Cuban coffees? Are they Blue Mountain or Kona good?
absolutely..
in fact, I prefer cuban cofee to Kona... even the extra fancy beans...Blue mountain on the other hand (the real blue mountain) is just out-of-this-world good... nothing really comes close to that
Originally posted by hawksfan75: What is the allure of the Cuban coffees? Are they Blue Mountain or Kona good?
absolutely..
in fact, I prefer cuban cofee to Kona... even the extra fancy beans...Blue mountain on the other hand (the real blue mountain) is just out-of-this-world good... nothing really comes close to that
Thomas Hinds in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a B&M that sells Cubita coffee. You can probably call them and order some. I don't know if they have the ground one - anyway, the whole bean is better quality anyway, as it hasn't lost any of its flavour. Buy a cheap coffe grinder - I bought a Melitta burr mill for $12 many years ago, and I still use it every day.
Posts: 43 | Location: Toronto Ontario Canada | Registered: November 30, 2003
I usually buy roasted coffee beans directly from the roasters here in Toronto. You can try Dark City Coffee, Fresh Coffee Network or Green Beanery. I believe they have Cuban coffee beans.
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Originally posted by hawksfan75: What is the allure of the Cuban coffees? Are they Blue Mountain or Kona good?
absolutely..
No, they are definitely not the same quality. Cuban brands add sugar to the roasting process to enhance the flavor. Burn some sugar and add it to your regular coffee beans and you can get a close approximation.
If you enjoy straight forward coffee with carmelized sugar flavors, then you will probably like it. Brands like Cubita and some of the roasts from Brazil and Spain produce the same kind of stuff...which is really meant for a syrupy sweet espresso drink. I equate them to the flavored drinks at Charbucks. They are sweet and interesting to drink every now and then...but I wouldn't call it coffee.
If you are into high quality beans and fresh roasts, prepared properly from a press or high end espresso machine, then cuban coffee will taste lifeless and flat...not to mention the stuff you buy is pre-ground or months to yrs old.
