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Old 01-15-2011, 11:10 AM
 
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I was in Miami for a couple of years and one of my co-workers was Cuban. He made authentic Cafe con leche by hand every morning for those who wanted it. I tried a it once since he put it in what looked like a tiny toy cup. Didn't get anything done after that as I ran around in circles all day...

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Yep. We make it or go a get it at work everyday... I like it, but don't drink it anymore. Cafe con leche is in a regular size cup. It is basically 1 oz of cuban coffee with 7 oz of hot milk.

Cafe Cubano is in a 1 oz cup and has more sugar and caffeine than 8 oz. of "American Coffee".

There is an "art" to making it taste good. Not as easy as you think.

Before I knew any better I used to drink the whole collada myself. (Wich is cuban coffee in a large cup meant to be shared with a bunch of other people) It is like 20 cups of American Coffee...
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Old 01-15-2011, 12:13 PM
 
Location: Moving from Carrabelle to Bethel
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Yep. We make it or go a get it at work everyday... I like it, but don't drink it anymore. Cafe con leche is in a regular size cup. It is basically 1 oz of cuban coffee with 7 oz of hot milk.

Cafe Cubano is in a 1 oz cup and has more sugar and caffeine than 8 oz. of "American Coffee".

There is an "art" to making it taste good. Not as easy as you think.

Before I knew any better I used to drink the whole collada myself. (Wich is cuban coffee in a large cup meant to be shared with a bunch of other people) It is like 20 cups of American Coffee...

Thanks for the cafe lesson, that's exactly what it was because he divided it up into small cups. He must have been telling me what was in it rather than the name. It really didn't taste all that bad...did have a punch

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Old 01-15-2011, 03:07 PM
 
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No problem... Everyone here has helped me immensely with planning the trip up! Can't wait to go...
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Old 01-15-2011, 05:45 PM
 
Location: Anchorage
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Alaskans sure seem to like your coffee!!!

Any chance on getting a cortadito? Cafe con leche in AK???
I haven't even been able to get a Mexican mocha in Alaska, not one place I have gone has the right ingredient. It's just a cinnamon chocolate coffee. Some places have shakers of cinnamon but it never tastes the same.
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Old 01-15-2011, 07:20 PM
 
Location: on top of a mountain
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I haven't even been able to get a Mexican mocha in Alaska, not one place I have gone has the right ingredient. It's just a cinnamon chocolate coffee. Some places have shakers of cinnamon but it never tastes the same.
should I go to the market and mail a bunch of boxes of the choco/cinnamon Mexican rounds to you?? authentic...just dissolve the choco piece in your coffee..
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Old 01-15-2011, 07:30 PM
 
Location: Anchorage
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Mmmm sounds yummy! I never drink coffee at home but I really should, I'm such a zombie without it. I do have a convenient coffee shack at the end of my road. There really is a coffee place on every corner!
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Old 01-15-2011, 07:35 PM
 
Location: on top of a mountain
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Mmmm sounds yummy! I never drink coffee at home but I really should, I'm such a zombie without it. I do have a convenient coffee shack at the end of my road. There really is a coffee place on every corner!
well I do have to go shopping down there (about 90+ miles round trip) in the next week or so...will stop at that market and hopefully they have it...sometimes they are sold out...will let ya know and flat rate box some up to you! I like to carry a "round" with me and just break off a wedge an pop it in my coffee where ever I am!
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Old 01-18-2011, 02:14 PM
 
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According to a survey a couple of years ago, Seattle had 23 coffee stands per 10,000 people, and Anchorage had 29. I thought that would take away the cachet of Seattle being a coffee city, but Anchorage still limps around in coffee reps. Kind of like me. Limping around in reps. I still don't have a gold star and I have been lurking like the troll I am in the background since forever.
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Old 01-18-2011, 02:23 PM
 
Location: Bethel, Alaska
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Lurker!
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Old 01-18-2011, 02:34 PM
 
Location: on top of a mountain
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According to a survey a couple of years ago, Seattle had 23 coffee stands per 10,000 people, and Anchorage had 29. I thought that would take away the cachet of Seattle being a coffee city, but Anchorage still limps around in coffee reps. Kind of like me. Limping around in reps. I still don't have a gold star and I have been lurking like the troll I am in the background since forever.
rep'd ya for admitting to being a lurking troll Mal!! ahhahahahha...glad to see your back...hope things are getting better for ya! catch me for a chat again sometime!
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