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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.

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Marina's Cafe - En el Restaurante Con Marina

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

What’s for lunch today? That’s one of our favorite questions and since we’re in Mexico, Marina give us some great answers. In Latin America people look for a calm, fresh place where they can enjoy el almuerzo del día, the special lunch of the day, or pedir de la carta, to order from the menu. It’s a perfect time for sitting back and taking a break from your work day.

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Conversaciones en el parque - Cafe y bocadillos

Difficulty: Newbie

Mexico

Big or small? A guy and a girl meet on a park bench and compare the size of various possessions, only to find out that they have many similarities.

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Karla e Isabel - Como pedir un café

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico, Spain

Karla and Isabel teach us how to order the various varieties of coffee in Spanish as well as telling us about some of coffee's benefits.

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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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Inspector - Amnesia

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Directamente desde Monterrey, Inspector seguramente es una de las bandas de ská con más inspiración al sur del Río Grande. Esta canción presenta a los artistas invitados Rubén Albarrán (alias “Rita Cantalagua”) de Café Tacuba y Roco de Maldita Vecindad.

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Hecho en México - Documentary - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Disfruta de la primera parte de este documental dirigido por el director y músico inglés Duncan Bridgeman. En este segmento, veremos una especial introducción con sonidos tradicionales de México y la voz de Rubén Albarrán, vocalista del grupo Café Tacvba.

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SiZu Yantra - Bienvenido

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Bienvenido al sueño es el primer album como solista grabado por Sizu Yantra, previamente conocido como Rubén Albarrán, vocalista de la legendaria banda mexicana Café Tacuva (Al parecer, ‘Tacuba’ debió ser cambiado por ‘Tacuva’ después de una batalla legal). Te recomendamos que le des un vistazo al website de Zizu y, por supuesto, al estrambótico video de su primer sencillo, tan extravagante y colorido como los sombreros del cantante.

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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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Spanish Playground - Presentaciones y saludos

Difficulty: Newbie

Mexico

Pamela wants to meet a new art student, but she doesn't know how to approach him because she's a bit shy. That's why Juan helps her practice how to introduce herself.

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Caption 35 [es]: Voy a ir por un café para estudiar.
Caption 35 [en]: I'm going to get a coffee to study.

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Conversaciones en el parque - Me gusta mucho este parque.

Difficulty: Newbie

Mexico

Ana and Samuel meet at the park and exchange some treats to eat before choosing a movie to watch together at the theater.

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Caption 18 [es]: Son ricas con café.
Caption 18 [en]: They are delicious with coffee.

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Aprendiendo con Karen - Utensilios de cocina

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Karen's explanation of the names in Spanish of some common utensils used to consume food could come in particularly handy when ordering at a restaurant.

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Caption 39 [es]: ¿Quién no se despierta con una taza de café o de un buen té?
Caption 39 [en]: Who doesn't wake up with a cup of coffee or good tea?

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Paseando con Karen - Barrio Antiguo

Difficulty: Newbie

Mexico

Karen invites us to explore the heart of Monterrey, Mexico's nightlife, the "Barrio Antiguo," or "Old Quarter."

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Caption 26 [es]: decidí entrar a "La Galería Café"
Caption 26 [en]: I decided to go into "La Galería Café" [The Coffee Gallery]

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

As it turns out the young Arturo Vega, Mexican emigré actor and artist in New York, lived below a girl who was seeing a young man named Douglas Glenn Colvin (who would come to be known as “Dee Dee Ramone”). The two visionaries got to talking…

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Caption 33 [es]: O el disco de Elvis cuando Elvis estaba en el ejército, G.I. Blues, Café Europa.
Caption 33 [en]: Or Elvis' record when Elvis was in the military, G.I. Blues, Café Europa.

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