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.
Activist Irma Broek shared a video on Facebook showing a man filtering the black nectar of the white gods using a welding torch: “Here we are trying to brew coffee because we have no electricity, no gas, nothing.”
The video shows an elderly man sitting at a table, holding a lit blowtorch as he heats the base of a moka pot.
"The coffee must be drunk," the man noted, thanking his daughter for bringing him "a little brew."
The passion for steaming, dark coffee is so intense that, faced with scarcity, people turn to clever inventions to savor a sip.
Last January, a Cuban who was eager to have a cup managed to get his old coffee maker to brew a little using an ingenious invention.
The man stated that his aim in making the video about this invention is not to receive a new coffee maker that brews coffee well, deliciously, and easily, but rather to demonstrate what a Cuban can accomplish even without resources.
The coffee maker is burnt out, deformed from regular 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 jar.
In the midst of the relentless power outages in Cuba, a young caffeine addict had no choice but to try and make a cup of coffee using the flame of a candle.
"This happens when you get hit by your coffee addiction and you have no electricity, no water, and no gas. The hot water is coming at me, and I'm coming at the hot water... this is coffee with a candle..." asserted the internet user Dian Awo Orumila Osa Eure on their Facebook wall.
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