A Complete Guide to 4 Fancy Coffee Recipes — Craft the Passionate Cuban Style Yourself

Reporter Chen Ruizhong / Comprehensive Report

Inspired by Cuba’s passionate lifestyle and traditional espresso culture, Nespresso has launched its new Cubanía coffee series. It uses long-roast Colombian beans, Arabica, Indian Robusta, along with other carefully selected coffee beans, creating a coffee with a thick, bold flavor intensity of 13 — surpassing the previous Kazaar Grand Cru at intensity 12. This also makes it ideal for pairing with other ingredients to create a variety of fancy coffee drinks. Nespresso has also provided recipes for 4 fancy coffee styles so you can mix and enjoy them at home.

▲Cuban Cino. (Photo / Provided by Nespresso, the same below)

Cuban Cino

Ingredients:
Melasse (molasses)
1 Cubanía coffee capsule
Fresh milk
Banana-flavored syrup

Accessories:
Cappuccino cup
Aeroccino milk frother

Directions:
1. Add one tablespoon of molasses into the cappuccino cup.
2. Prepare one shot of Cubanía espresso (40 ml).
3. Add one teaspoon of banana-flavored syrup into the Aeroccino milk frother, then pour in fresh milk to make frothed milk.
4. Add one tablespoon of flavored frothed milk into the cappuccino cup.
5. Sprinkle a little molasses on top of the froth and serve immediately.

▲Rumba Rhythm Coffee

Rumba Rhythm

Ingredients:
Lime-flavored syrup (non-alcoholic)
Guava juice
1 premium Cubanía coffee capsule
Lime

Accessories:
Glass cup

Directions:
1. Pour 15 ml of syrup into the cup.
2. Add 70 ml of guava juice and a small amount of lime juice.
3. Prepare one shot of Cubanía espresso (40 ml), add 3 ice cubes, and mix well.
4. Slowly pour the iced espresso into the cup and serve immediately.
Tip: Pour the coffee/juice slowly along the side of a spoon to create beautiful layers.

▲Smoked Latte

Smoked Latte

Ingredients:
Honey
Fresh milk
2 shots of Cubania espresso
Lapsang Souchong black tea (Lapsang Souchong tea)

Accessories:
Recipe Glass

Preparation method:
1. Add one teaspoon of honey to the glass.
2. Heat the milk and steep the tea in it.
3. Prepare two shots of premium Cubania espresso (40 ml).
4. Pour the two shots of espresso into the glass.
5. Add hot milk on top and serve immediately.

▲Cubania Orange Coffee

Cubania Orange Coffee

Ingredients:
Citrus jam
Fresh milk
2 premium Cubania coffee capsules
Ice cubes

Accessories:
Recipe Glass
Aeroccino milk frother

Preparation method:
1. Add one tablespoon of citrus syrup into a glass.
2. Pour 200 ml of fresh milk into the glass.
3. Prepare two shots of Cubania Espresso (2x25 ml).
4. Shake the coffee with three ice cubes well.
5. Pour 200 ml of fresh milk into the Aeroccino milk frother.
6. Top with four tablespoons of milk foam.