Nespresso Cafecito de Cuba

Cafecito de Cuba Nespresso capsule and cup

Nespresso’s Cafecito de Cuba capsule and coffee cup

>> Limited Edition 2016

Arabica beans from Cuba.

CAFECITO DE CUBA CAPSULE REVIEW

With relationships with Cuba finally easing, here comes one of the first Cuban coffee imports, courtesy of Nespresso. Priced at $1.25 per capsule, this new limited edition wants to make you feel privileged, like if you were enjoying a Cuba cigar, and it definitely provides a distinctive experience. Unlike most Nespresso cups, this one is very short, intense but with a soft texture. If you pay attention when sipping it, you might feel tobacco – and maybe citrus – hints and it leaves you with a brief, slightly spicy aftertaste. As to whether it’s worth paying such a steep price for a coffee, I believe it is worth having a couple sleeves in your collection but it’s certainly not an everyday capsule as it is particularly intense and pricey.

COFFEE PAIRING

Cafecito de Cuba Nespresso capsule box

Nespresso’s Cafecito de Cuba coffee capsule box

  • Activities: with its strong, distinctive taste, this coffee makes for a good wakeup call and I would suggest sticking to two of these maximum. I find it however too intense to have after lunch, as we do it in Europe, as it will undermine any early flavors.
  • Music: this one is a no-brainer, my pick going to the Ry Cooder-curated Cuban album The Buena Vista Social Club which I got lucky enough to see played live in Los Angeles when it got released.
  • Food: chocolate wafer sticks make a good pairing as the chocolate flavor can pierce through Cafecito de Cuba’s tang.

PACKAGING

As it’s always the case with limited edition coffees, Nespresso created a sophisticated design for this new release. The Cafecito de Cuba box features a blue map of the ocean, a red logo as well as the name of the coffee in a white font. As for the capsules, they are white with the coffee’s name in red.


Fred

Author: Fred

COFFEE CAPSULE GUIDE FOUNDER Born in Marseille in the South of France, espressos have always been an important part of my life, accompanying me from one cafe terrace to another.

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