{"id":6365,"date":"2024-05-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/?p=6365"},"modified":"2024-05-01T09:10:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T13:10:20","slug":"pen-be-kafe-the-epitome-of-haitian-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/pen-be-kafe-the-epitome-of-haitian-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Pen, b\u00e8, kafe, the epitome of Haitian breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I believe I fell in love with coffee in my early teens. Prior to that, I would often watch my cousin in awe whenever our paths crossed early enough for me to witness her breakfast ritual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As many of you may already know, I live in the mountains of Port-au-Prince, in an area that used to be considered \u201cremote.\u201d While we slept up there every night, our bustling life truly happened in Port-au-Prince where my parents worked, and we went to school. We left our home in the wee hours of the morning on weekdays to get to school, work and everywhere else. Sometimes, even Saturdays drew us back downtown, often leading me to my cousin&#8217;s grandmother&#8217;s house \u2013 a familiar refuge for everyone, our pied-\u00e0-terre, our home away from home \u2013\u00a0 bright and early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitan-Coffee-Haitian-Food.jpg?ssl=1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" data-attachment-id=\"6367\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/pen-be-kafe-the-epitome-of-haitian-breakfast\/cafe-haitien-tchakayiti-haitan-coffee-haitian-food\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitan-Coffee-Haitian-Food.jpg?fit=1080%2C1350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Annick Megie&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS Rebel T6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1695484534&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Tchakayiti \\u2022 Annick M\\u00e9gie, All Rights Reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitan-Coffee-Haitian-Food\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitan-Coffee-Haitian-Food.jpg?fit=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitan-Coffee-Haitian-Food.jpg?fit=800%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitan-Coffee-Haitian-Food.jpg?resize=800%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pen, b\u00e8, kafe, Haitian buttered bread dipped in coffee | Tchakayiti - Haitian Food\" class=\"wp-image-6367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitan-Coffee-Haitian-Food.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitan-Coffee-Haitian-Food.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitan-Coffee-Haitian-Food.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitan-Coffee-Haitian-Food.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There, without fail, I would find my younger cousin seated at the vintage-diner-style bright pink counter of the main kitchen we all walked past upon entering the house. Her dad had just dropped her off for the day, and she was getting ready for her go-to breakfast: pen, b\u00e8, kafe \u2013 bread, butter and coffee. Her table setting was complete with her grandmother&#8217;s vintage yellow-brown dinner plate, large mug resting on its saucer, a bag of freshly baked pen rale, a bread knife, a butter dish, a butter knife, and a sugar bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I would stand in front of her, talking her ears off, while she sleepily sliced a piece of bread, generously slathering it with butter. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>She would occasionally respond to my chatter in a less than engaging way, too preoccupied with her first meal. I would watch as she overfilled her giant mug with coffee to which she added one too many spoonfuls of sugar. Her mug undoubtedly included a three to one ratio of sugar to coffee, which was visible through the transparent vessel.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the sweet coffee aromas filled the air, she would dip her buttered bread into the mug before taking a bite. I still recall the delight on her face with each mouthful. She&#8217;d repeat this ritual until the buttered bread had soaked up almost all the coffee.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-au-lait-Haiti-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" data-attachment-id=\"6366\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/pen-be-kafe-the-epitome-of-haitian-breakfast\/cafe-au-lait-haiti-tchakayiti-haitian-food\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-au-lait-Haiti-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?fit=1080%2C1350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Annick Megie&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS Rebel T6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1689786774&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Tchakayiti \\u2022 Annick M\\u00e9gie, All Rights Reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cafe-au-lait-Haiti-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-au-lait-Haiti-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?fit=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-au-lait-Haiti-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?fit=800%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-au-lait-Haiti-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?resize=800%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Caf\u00e9 au lait | Tchakayiti - Haitian Food\" class=\"wp-image-6366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-au-lait-Haiti-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-au-lait-Haiti-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-au-lait-Haiti-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cafe-au-lait-Haiti-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption>At my house, we children were not used to consuming copious amounts of coffee. I am almost certain we were limited to caf\u00e9 au lait at such a tender age.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I never joined in her morning ritual, which I simply couldn\u2019t grasp it at the time. At my house, we children did not consume copious amounts of coffee. I am almost certain we only drank caf\u00e9 au lait at such a tender age.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t until my teenage years that I truly grasped\u00a0 her joy. She was indulging in the typical Haitian breakfast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pen, b\u00e8, kafe, a breakfast that not only nourishes the body, but also magically transforms the world into a better place.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, I often find myself drawn to this breakfast, especially on those days when I long for lazy morning rituals. I reach for my mug and, much like my cousin, fill it with coffee to which I probably add way too much sugar. The truth is, the success of this meal depends on those unmelted sugar bits finding their way onto the coffee soaked buttered bread.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In those moments, the world seems to come to a standstill as pure joy permeates my entire being.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nothing beats that Haitian pen, b\u00e8 ak kafe.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As one savors it, ideally undisturbed by a chatty cousin disrupting a tranquil morning, the world is at peace, and the day filled with the promise of endless possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Haitan-Coffee-Breakfast-Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" data-attachment-id=\"6368\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/pen-be-kafe-the-epitome-of-haitian-breakfast\/haitan-coffee-breakfast-cafe-haitien-tchakayiti-haitian-food\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Haitan-Coffee-Breakfast-Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?fit=1080%2C1350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Annick Megie&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS Rebel T6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1695484575&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Tchakayiti \\u2022 Annick M\\u00e9gie, All Rights Reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Haitan-Coffee-Breakfast-Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Haitan-Coffee-Breakfast-Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?fit=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Haitan-Coffee-Breakfast-Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?fit=800%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Haitan-Coffee-Breakfast-Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?resize=800%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pen, b\u00e8, kafe, Haitian buttered bread and coffee | Tchakayiti - Haitian Food\" class=\"wp-image-6368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Haitan-Coffee-Breakfast-Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Haitan-Coffee-Breakfast-Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Haitan-Coffee-Breakfast-Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Haitan-Coffee-Breakfast-Cafe-Haitien-Tchakayiti-Haitian-Food.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I believe I fell in love with coffee in my early teens. Prior to that, I would often watch my cousin in awe whenever our paths crossed early enough for me to witness her breakfast ritual. As many of you may already know, I live in the mountains of Port-au-Prince, in an area that used to be considered \u201cremote.\u201d While we slept up there every night, our bustling life truly happened in Port-au-Prince where my parents worked, and we went to school. We left our home in the wee hours of the morning on weekdays to get to school, work and everywhere else. Sometimes, even Saturdays drew us back downtown, often leading me to my cousin&#8217;s grandmother&#8217;s house \u2013 a familiar refuge for everyone, our pied-\u00e0-terre, our home away from home \u2013\u00a0 bright and early. There, without fail, I would find my younger cousin seated at the vintage-diner-style bright pink counter of the main kitchen we all walked past upon entering the house. Her dad had just dropped her off for the day, and she was getting ready for her go-to breakfast: pen, b\u00e8, kafe \u2013 bread, butter and coffee. Her table setting was complete with her grandmother&#8217;s vintage yellow-brown dinner plate, large mug resting on its saucer, a bag of freshly baked pen rale, a bread knife, a butter dish, a butter knife, and a sugar bowl. I would stand in front of her, talking her ears off, while she sleepily sliced a piece of bread, generously slathering it with butter. She would occasionally respond to my chatter in a less than engaging way, too preoccupied with her first meal. I would watch as she overfilled her giant mug with coffee to which she added one too many spoonfuls of sugar. Her mug undoubtedly included a three to one ratio of sugar to coffee, which was visible through the transparent vessel.\u00a0 As the sweet coffee aromas filled the air, she would dip her buttered bread into the mug before taking a bite. I still recall the delight on her face with each mouthful. She&#8217;d repeat this ritual until the buttered bread had soaked up almost all the coffee.\u00a0 I never joined in her morning ritual, which I simply couldn\u2019t grasp it at the time. At my house, we children did not consume copious amounts of coffee. I am almost certain we only drank caf\u00e9 au lait at such a tender age.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t until my teenage years that I truly grasped\u00a0 her joy. She was indulging in the typical Haitian breakfast: Pen, b\u00e8, kafe, a breakfast that not only nourishes the body, but also magically transforms the world into a better place. Today, I often find myself drawn to this breakfast, especially on those days when I long for lazy morning rituals. I reach for my mug and, much like my cousin, fill it with coffee to which I probably add way too much sugar. The truth is, the success of this meal depends on those unmelted sugar bits finding their way onto the coffee soaked buttered bread.&nbsp; In those moments, the world seems to come to a standstill as pure joy permeates my entire being.&nbsp; Nothing beats that Haitian pen, b\u00e8 ak kafe.&nbsp; As one savors it, ideally undisturbed by a chatty cousin disrupting a tranquil morning, the world is at peace, and the day filled with the promise of endless possibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pen, b\u00e8, kafe, Haitian buttered bread and coffee | Tchakayiti<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This breakfast is the epitome of Haitian breakfast. 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