Opening Soon in
Lehigh Acres
Colada, cortadito and pastelitos straight out of the oven. Real Cuban coffee, coming soon to Lehigh Acres.
LA VENTANITA
Coffee you drink standing up
A ventanita isn't a café with a window. It's the window — the counter where the neighborhood stops twice a day, orders in Spanish, and drinks four ounces of coffee in ninety seconds flat. El Cafecito brings that counter to Lehigh Acres. The espresso is pulled dark and sweetened with sugar whipped into the first drops, the way it's done at home. The pastelitos come out of the oven all morning. The batidos are made with real fruit, not syrup.
How to order a colada
New to the ventanita? It takes about a minute, and there's a right way to do it.
1 · Share it
A colada is four shots in one cup with a sleeve of thimble cups on top. You don't drink it yourself — you bring it back to the shop, the job site, the office.
2 · Say how sweet
Ours comes sweet by default — sugar whipped into the first drops of espresso until it's pale and thick. Ask for sin azúcar or poquita and we'll pull it your way.
3 · Pour and pass
Fill each thimble cup about two-thirds. Hand them out. Drink it standing. Then go back to whatever you were doing.