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When it comes to Cuban coffee, the first thing that comes to mind is Crystal Mountain Coffee. But in fact, "Crystal Mountain" is not the name of Cuba's producing area, but a level in the grading system of Cuba's official coffee association!
The Coffee Association of Cuba divides coffee beans into nine grades according to particle size and flavor:
Crystal Mountain Crystal Mountain
Extra turquino Super Tujino
Turquino Tujino
Altura Altura
Montana Montana
Cumbre Galpa
Serrano superior Senior Serrano
Serrano Corriente Serrano
Caracolillo
The grade is divided into ETL (extra Super), TL (Middle Pole) and AL (ordinary) according to the size of coffee beans, and Crystal Mountain (Crystal Mountain) is Cuba's most proud high-quality, large-shaped high-end coffee beans. It can also be said that Crystal Mountain Coffee is synonymous with top Cuban coffee.
"Cuban Coffee"
One of the few ways to handle Cuban coffee has spread all over the world, such as Cortadito, cafe con Leche and cafe cubano.
Cafe cubano is a kind of espresso made by adding sugar to coffee powder.
Although it is common to see "Cuban coffee" in many countries, real Cuban coffee is illegal in the United States. "Cuban coffee" mostly refers to cafe cubano, and coffee from Brazil is usually used to describe the taste of Cuban coffee, but this situation also makes people worry about causing confusion to consumers, and there is often confusion in the marking.
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