Cortadito anyone?

Within 90 seconds of clearing customs I downed my first cortadito in Miami at the airport location of La Carreta.  This came following a last minute sample of Cafe Las Flores espresso from a familiar barista at the Managua end of my trip before leaving Nicaragua for a good while.  The Las Flores coffee is decent but nothing worthy of exporting in my opinion... even if prepared by a attentive barista who took three times to get it right and intently watched me as a sipped it.  The cortadito was awesome and I'm glad to be back in the US.  Now time to explore Miami a bit and hopefully catch up with my fellow IRPSers if possible.  You can catch me at the Double Tree Biscayne Bay Room 850 until I depart for Bogota on Wednesday.

BEST LATE-NIGHT SNACK

Cortadito and guava pastry at La Carreta

Cortadito and guava pastry at La Carreta
3632 SW Eighth Street 
Miami 
305-444-7501

When it's too late for a full meal but necessary to refuel for the last leg of your long night's journey into the wee hours, the take-out window at La Carreta is the perfect pit stop. For a dollar and a half you can order a steaming cortadito (sugary espresso coffee softened with a big splash of hot milk; also available without sugar) and a warm and flaky pastel de guayaba (guava pastry). If you arrive after the window closes at 2:00 a.m., you can still order at the counter inside the main restaurant. This branch of the local chain happens to be the only one open 24 hours.

Cafe Latino, nueva apertura en Leon

This is a sample of our jingle and spot. Cafe Latino is representing a young and growing segment of Nicaragua's coffee drinking population. People who are demonstrating the value (whether consciously or not) of domestic consumption of coffee to the future of a country that relies on coffee for a substantial percentage of its annual GDP.