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Baja Beans Café (3 videos)

Our hostess, Ana Maria Peters Verdugo, a barista and manager at the Baja Beans Café in Pescadero, Baja California, shares with us a few of the company's secrets for roasting their beans and preparing quality coffee beverages.

Café Tacvba (7 videos)

Formed in 1989, Latin Grammy-winning Mexican music group Café Tacvba has garnered an international following over their long career. Originally influenced by eighties alternative rock, their incorporation of such diverse genres as traditional Mexican, ska, punk, funk, electronic, new wave, and more has contributed to their constant evolution, making it impossible for critics to place them into any one stylistic box.

Una Historia de Café (4 videos)

La Bodega, El Trillado, La Tostión, La Catación

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Nuyorican Café - Baile Salsa

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Deep in the heart of Old San Juan you can hear live salsa music playing most any night at the Nuyorican Cafe. We stepped into the alley for a breather and had a little chat with two lovely salseras to get an insider view of what brings them back to the dance floor night after night.

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Adriana - El café

Difficulty: Intermediate

Guatemala, Spain

Adriana edifies us about the different varieties of coffee, explaining their origins as well as identifying the one that is most highly-rated and another that might negatively affect our health.

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Juan Luis Guerra - Ojalá que llueva café en el campo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Dominican Republic

Renowned Dominican singer, songwriter, composer and producer, Juan Luis Guerra, performs a live rendition of the title track from his 1989 album, "Ojalá Que Llueva Café" ["I Hope That It Rains Coffee"].

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Con Marta por Madrid - Churros y porras - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

In Madrid, you can find churros and porras at any cafe, and it's also common to grab some from a mobile kiosk or food truck. In this video, Marta tells us a bit more about this delightful treat.

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Otavalo - Mimosa

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Juan Carlos, the chef-owner of the Yannuk cafe in Otavalo, Ecuador, shows us how to make a mimosa cocktail, a very popular— and very simple— North American brunch drink.

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Natalia Nos Enseña Cosas Chéveres - Leche Asada - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

En la última parte de nuestro trío de videos para aprender a preparar leche asada, Natalia incorpora la leche, los huevos y el azúcar caramelizada. Después de un tiempo en el horno y un par de horas en el refrigerador, estarás listo para disfrutar de este delicioso postre, con una taza de café o, ¿por qué no? un buen vaso de leche fresca.

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Belanova - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Edgar Huerta, tecladista de Belanova, usa la palabra “cuate” para referirse a Joselo, integrante de Café Tacuba. Esta palabra es muy interesante ya que proviene del nahuatl coatl, que significa “gemelo” y es usado en México (especialmente en el Distrito Federal) como sinónimo de “amigo”.

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Joselo - Sobriedad

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Joselo Rangel es oriundo de Minatitlan, Puerto de Veracruz. Estudió en la UAM Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana la Ciudad de México, lugar donde formó con tres amigos la legendaria banda Café Tacuba. “Sobriedad” es una canción que forma parte de uno de sus albumes como solista.

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Escuela Don Quijote - Jesús Baz

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Jesús Baz is the Director of Studies at the Don Quijote spanish school in lovely Salamanca, Spain. A true salmantino, Jesús has a real pride for his city, which is home to some of Europe’s oldest universities and has a very strong intellectual tradition. The school itself, in a beautiful old building that was formerly a convent, also houses a popular student café.

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Venezolanos por el mundo - Karina en Barcelona - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Karina gives a summary of the two startup companies she has previously spoken about and gives us some helpful advice about small changes we can make in our daily lives to help the environment.

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Caption 55 [es]: puedes... Cuando pidas tu café,
Caption 55 [en]: you can... When you order your coffee,

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Cleer y Lida - Cosas típicas de Colombia - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Lida and Cleer introduce us to even more items that cannot be missing from a typical Colombian household.

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Caption 10 [es]: y con esto se prepara el café,
Caption 10 [en]: and with this, you make coffee,

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Cleer y Lida - Cosas típicas de Colombia - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Without a doubt, in every country in the world, there are typical items that are considered indispensable. Let's join Lida and Cleer in learning about several traditional items that Colombian homes in different regions cannot do without.

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Caption 9 [es]: Bueno, en mi casa no puede faltar, por supuesto, el café.
Caption 9 [en]: Well, in my home, coffee, of course, can't be missing.

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