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Cuban Cafecito!

Stephanie Correa

Ingredients:

  • Ground coffee
  • White sugar (estimate 2 tablespoons per cafecito serving)
  • Water
  • Percolator (moka)

Directions:

  1. Turn a stovetop burner to medium-high heat.

  2. While it's heating up, fill the bottom of the percolator (moka) with water, up to the valve.

  3. Insert filter into percolator and add ground coffee to filter and fill to top. 

  4. Screw top of percolator onto the bottom piece and place on the stovetop burner.

  5. While that’s brewing, add sugar to your measuring cup and add the first few drops of the coffee to the sugar.

  6. Place percolator back on stove to continue brewing, but mix the sugar and coffee drops until sugar is dissolved and mixture is light beige in color.

  7. Once coffee is brewed, add to the measuring cup and stir.

  8. Pour coffee and sugar mixture into espresso glasses and enjoy!