The Hunt for the Best Carajillo in Spain

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In this episode, we’re doing something very Spanish: morning drinking.

Specifically, we’re on a mission to find the best carajillo—that mix of coffee and booze that gets the Valencian mornings going. I decided to start in my own neighborhood, El Grao de Castellón? Unlike most guiris (white-ass foreigners) who live by the beach, I stick to the side of town where even some locals are afraid to go.

Along the way, we sampling bocadillos de sepia and cremaets. We also accidentally end up with a stranger’s empty pack of cigarettes, debate the proper way to make a carajillo, and, of course, argue about the superiority of paella Valenciana.

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