A Cuban is brewing coffee using a welding torch: "There is no electricity, no gas, but we have to make coffee".

The creativity of Cubans knows no bounds, especially in times of scarcity, and even more so when it comes to the most consumed beverage in the Caribbean nation after water: coffee.

The activist Irma Broek shared a video on Facebook showing a man straining the black nectar of the white gods using a soldering torch: "Here we are trying to strain coffee because we have no electricity, no gas, nothing."

The video shows an elderly man sitting in front of a table, holding a lit soldering torch while heating the base of a moka coffee maker.

"The coffee must be consumed," noted the man, while thanking the daughter who brought him "a little cup of coffee."

The passion for steaming and dark coffee is so intense that, in the face of scarcity, people resort to ingenious inventions to be able to enjoy a sip.

Last January, a Cuban who felt like having a cup managed to get his old coffee maker to brew a little using a clever invention.

The man stated that his goal in making the video about this invention is not for someone to give him a new coffee maker that brews coffee well, deliciously, and easily, but to show what a Cuban without resources is capable of.

The coffee maker is melted, deformed from excessive use and possible accidents. The inventor attached a hose to the spout where the coffee should come out, and thus managed to collect the nectar of the gods in a little jug.

Amidst the endless power outages in Cuba, a young caffeine addict had no choice but to try to make coffee using the flame of a candle.

This is what happens when the coffee craving hits you and you have no electricity, water, or gas. I heat her up above me and I on top of the heat... this is coffee by candlelight... said the online user Dian Awo Orumila Osa Eure on his Facebook wall.