Coffee

Café Puya

Name: Café Puya
Total time: 8 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 4 tbsp finely ground Puerto Rican coffee; 1½ cups water

Black, unsweetened, and uncompromising — the way abuela drinks it.

8 min Serves 2 Easy

Directions

1
Fill the bottom of a stovetop moka pot (cafetera) with water up to the valve.
2
Add ground coffee to the filter basket — level it off, but don't pack it.
3
Assemble and place over medium heat. Listen for the gurgling sound.
4
Remove from heat as soon as the top chamber fills. Pour into small cups and serve black.

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