How to Make Cuban Coffee

  Bella Breakdown Coffee is one of those extremely cultural things, now made by the Cuban community in Miami. It is an art that has become a science to make Cuban coffee with your Moka pot or stovetop espresso maker. There is an extra component to it, made separately called azuquita. To make the azuquita you have a little container in which you have sugar, for a family secret add just the smallest pinch of salt to it for an extra sweet and rich Cuban coffee flavor. Get the very first drops of coffee that fall, and you start...

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The Perfect Dirty Vodka Martini

Bella Breakdown Not to get all Sex in the City on you here, but there’s nothing we love more than a fabulous cocktail, and what mean more business than a dirty martini? Seriously, if you can master how to whip up the perfect one of these at home for a gentleman caller or group of your closest giggling gals, you’ve got some serious style. All you need to keep stocked in your home bar is: 2 oz vodka 1/2 oz dry vermouth 1/2 oz. olive brine 3 olive (This is so easy, we promise.) First find a stylish mixing...

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