It is customary in a Puerto Rican household to have café con leche with a piece of bread or crackers. Like every person we rely on coffee to start the day, to get us through the day and to end the day. Growing up I would wake up to the smell of Café Bustelo. The taste of coffee first thing in the morning on a weekday is soothing. Especially coffee that is made the traditional way that does not consist of a filter made of disposable paper. Spanish coffee is as addictive as chocolate, we can’t survive on just one cup or one piece of chocolate alone. Having that first cup of coffee in the morning gives me a rude awakening. The day will start off on a good note once I have that first sip and feel the hot and sweet caffeine that’s accompanied with milk slide down my throat and hit my belly like no other.
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ra125058 // Nov 29th 2012 at 10:56 pm
This picture makes me to have the café con leche. As I am a coffeeholic, I will like to try this Puerto Rican coffee with a piece of bread or crackers. I also like the way you introduce the tradition with the coffee.
Brooklyn Brit // Dec 13th 2012 at 12:15 pm
I love the smell of coffee, but I don’t drink it. I am a stereotype, a Brit that prefers a good cup of hot tea lol.
The way you describe the feeling of your first coffee ‘hit’ in the morning though, makes me want to go out and grab some.
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