Daniel Hernández

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The goat had a resigned look in her eyes as the rancher pressed her udder and aimed a stream of milk into a tall cup. Sunrise needled through the misty air. The smell of manure was almost tactile. A foam emerged as the shooting milk churned with a powdery mixture at the cup’s bottom: instant coffee, granulated sugar, cinnamon and a hefty shot of alcohol de caña, an imported cane liquor that is nearly pure alcohol. The froth reached the top of the cup, creating a crown of tan bubbles.