This Is How We Make Café de Olla, Mexico's Traditional Street Drink

Most Café de Olla recipes skip the one ingredient that gives it its name: the clay pot. Without it, you are just drinking spiced coffee. Piloncillo, cinnamon and coffee simmer slowly in an earthen jar, and the clay rounds off the bitterness while the cane sugar melts into a deep, smoky sweetness. Street vendors in Mexico have made it this way for generations, long before anyone called it a specialty drink. Every pot tastes a little different depending on the clay, the fire and the hands stirring it. Have you ever tried Café de Olla from a street cart, or do you make it at home? 0:00 Café de Olla Street Coffee Secret 3:22 Coffee Reaches Mexico Through Veracruz 6:29 Soldaderas And The Mexican Revolution Legend 8:09 Atzompa Clay Pot Tradition In Oaxaca 11:11 How Piloncillo Cane Sugar Is Made 12:58 Canela Mexican Cinnamon Origins 14:35 Chiapas And Veracruz Coffee Beans 19:23 The Short Boil And Resting Lid 22:11 Common Café de Olla Mistakes To Avoid 23:56 Street Vendors At Six A.M. In Mexico City 27:09 Star Anise, Cloves And Orange Peel 30:02 The Three Details Behind The Best Cup