Café con love: The sweet ritual that taught me who my abuela really was - an essay for Today

In stolen moments with my abuela, we bonded over our life circumstances and cafecito.

My abuela would pack me full of sugar, caffeine and carbs, and we’d trade stories like old war buddies. TODAY Illustration / Courtesy Andrew Santiago, Getty Images

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