Espresso

Moneda virtual que surgió, supuestamente de manera transitoria hace 4 años, para sustituir el dólar americano(el cual no puede circular en la red de tiendas estatales cubanas pero si en la red pública de tiendas particulares), la cual tiene un valor inferior en términos de tipo de cambio con respecto al dólar, pero que además de servir para comprar en las tiendas estatales, es útil para comprar en algunos puestos particulares al tipo de cambio informal, como se le llama aquí, que no es más que el tipo de cambio establecido en la calle por oferta y demanda.

En fin, que en las tiendas estatales que se vende en MLC, había café Serrano, que para nuestro gusto no es de buena calidad y es más caro al ser comparado con el que normalmente venden mis vecinos cuando conviertes su precio en pesos cubanos a MLC al tipo de cambio informal actual. Yo saqué mis cuentas y me decidí a esperar a llegar a mi barrio, lo tenia claro, ahí lo compraría. Las últimas veces yo había comprado café Nikol, que dentro de los más baratos era el que más se adecuaba a mis gustos, pero al llegar y para mi total sorpresa, no había Nikol, sin embargo había otro, un poco más caro que el Nikol, cuando ha habido, pero sin mucha diferencia, lo que sucedía era que no lo conocía, no sabía si estaba bueno, y era mi ultima oportunidad, de lo contrario, tendría otro día sin café al amanecer, este café se llamaba Espreso y el señor vendedor cuando le pregunté me dijo que este era un café nuevo que estaba haciéndole competencia en Miami, cuidad que ya tiene más cubanos que la habana, a los tipos de café que ya conocemos de los últimos tiempos, en fin, me decidí y lo compré, no tenía otra alternativa, corrí a casa, con el paquete de café en la mano, ni siquiera lo guardé en la mochila, iba loco a prepararlo, por dos razones principalmente, primero tenía tremendos deseos de tomar café hecho aquí en mi casita y segundo, quería saber si había sido una buena compra y si el café cumplía con los requisitos para ocupar la plaza vacante que tenía en casa de café despertador.
Pues nada amigos, ya pasaron el mal rato y la incertidumbre, aquí estoy disfrutando de un buen café, completamente apto para ocupar el puesto del despertar matutino como dios manda, así que ya saben, el Espresso, está bueno, si lo ven por ahí y no hay otra opción que les guste más, pártanle el brazo sin pensarlo, jajaja.

_{Diganme ustedes si no es esa una tierna mirada de amor...}

_{...y esta una carita de felicidad cafeínica}

_{Definitivamente es amor.😁}

Que pasen muy buena noche todos, me despido por ahora, que ya que reviví, voy a ponerme a cocinar porque en cualquier momento aparece El Señor Oscuridad Total. Hasta la vista. Chao.

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Esta publicación fue escrita ayer, pero el señor Apagón llegó y me fue imposible subirla, por eso lo hago hoy
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Hello, hello everyone, I'm just stopping by for a moment to tell you something quick, something simple, something perhaps inconsequential, but that I'm sure many of you will understand perfectly well.
This morning when I woke up, as usual, like a morning zombie, I went to the kitchen to plant my coffee pot and make my morning coffee, which by the way, is the most important of the day for me, that coffee is the awakening, is the energy, is the bit of life that I lack when I wake up after a long night tinged with intermittent blackouts, the dancing of the mosquitoes to the fire of the heat of a bonfire that is not seen, but that is there, yes, pussy has to be out there a fire burning and we are less than a meter away from it, because truly this heat is unbearable day or night, we are definitely being roasted by a higher power that is craving to eat roasted Cuban, hahaha, but well, I deviated from the subject, when, coffee pot in hand, ready to brew the magic liquid, I took the well that every Cuban has to pour the coffee, and do not tell me that no, everyone has one of those, God! ... I DIDN'T HAVE ANY COFFEE! I had forgotten to buy, how was that possible, with how important morning coffee is for me? Nothing, I consoled myself with the idea that when I got to work I would drink coffee in any of those places that sell it around, but I knew that it was not going to be the same, that morning coffee that I prepare at home was essential, the day did not start well and of course it did not continue well. Yes, I drank coffee around, but I already had a bad body, the effect was not the same, because I did not administer it to my body in the traditional schedule, I knew it, I had to buy coffee, I could not repeat the situation.
At 11 am, in my work I had to turn off all the equipment, because of this ineffective energy saving, you know, anyway, I went out armed, or well, half armed, to hunt the coffee, and with the prices as they are, the weapons I had to hunt the coffee were something similar to hunting a Lion with a water pistol, hahaha. I went around a lot and could not find what I was looking for, when I remembered that some people in my neighborhood have a stall where they usually sell good coffee and accept MLC, which I also remembered that I had some left on the card, and that leads me to make a conceptual clarification for anyone who is not Cuban.

MLC

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_{Scrrenshot made in my celphone and edited with photoshop to put both images together.}

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Virtual currency that emerged, supposedly in a transitory manner 4 years ago, to replace the US dollar (which cannot circulate in the Cuban state stores network but can circulate in the public network of private stores), which has a lower value in terms of exchange rate with respect to the dollar, but in addition to serving to buy in state stores, it is useful to buy in some private stalls at the informal exchange rate, as it is called here, which is nothing more than the exchange rate established in the street by supply and demand.

Anyway, in the state stores sold in MLC, there was Serrano coffee, which for our taste is not of good quality and is more expensive when compared to what my neighbors normally sell when you convert its price in Cuban pesos to MLC at the current informal exchange rate. I did my math and decided to wait until I got to my neighborhood, it was clear, I would buy it there. The last few times I had bought Nikol coffee, which among the cheaper ones was the one that best suited my tastes, but when I arrived and to my total surprise, there was no Nikol, however there was another one, a little more expensive than Nikol, when there has been, but without much difference, What happened was that I did not know it, I did not know if it was good, and it was my last chance, otherwise, I would have another day without coffee at dawn, this coffee was called Espresso and the salesman when I asked him told me that this was a new coffee that was making competition in Miami, Well, I made up my mind and bought it, I had no other alternative, I ran home, with the package of coffee in my hand, I did not even put it in my backpack, I was crazy to prepare it, for two main reasons, first I had a tremendous desire to drink coffee made here in my little house and secondly, I wanted to know if it had been a good purchase and if the coffee met the requirements to occupy the vacant place I had at home as an alarm clock coffee.
Well, my friends, the bad time and the uncertainty are over, here I am enjoying a good coffee, completely suitable to occupy the position of the morning awakening as God commands, so you know, Espresso is good, if you see it around and there is no other option that you like more, cut off its arm without thinking, hahaha.

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_{You tell me, ain´t this a tender love look?...}

_{...and this one a caffeinic happiness little face}

_{It´s definitively love.😁}

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Have a good night everyone, I'll say goodbye for now, now that I've revived, I'm going to start cooking because Mr. Total Darkness will show up at any moment. See you soon. Bye.

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_{Images on the post are all my own.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
This post was writen yesterday but Mr Blackout arrived and I wasn´t able to upload, so I´m doing it today.
Edition tool: Adobe Photoshop and Filmora App(subtitles)}

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