(Coffee) Time to Continue

Thanks for all the requests to blog more with you!
It took four months to brew the idea and here we go!

Serious Business -
The Coffee Break

Talking about brewing. There is definitely one things that keeps Finns going: COFFEE. We are not talking about Gloria Jeans or Starbucks type of thing, but the real, home made, filtered coffee or the pre-coffee-maker-age-coffee boiled in a proper coffee kettle.

After all, it is not about the taste! It is all about its social function of being together and eating proper Finnish Cinnamon Bread -korvapuusti- with it. Btw, my apologies for all Swedes, who claim Cinnamon Bread Swedish. My mom makes the best and -therefore- it must be Finnish!

Old habits die hard as the photo on the right shows.  As a stubbornly devoted coffee drinker, I claim that 'coffee-centrizity' is in the core of Finnish-ness. It serves as a energy booster, source of creativity and bonding excuse in both private and public sphere. One of the many stepping stones for communication across cultures.

 Do you agree? Let's brew together some discussion around and with coffee!

Here some tips for those interested:
My favorite Finnish places to stock up is Kaffecentral and number one location to enjoy coffee and great brekkie is Cafe Lasipalatsi.  Both in Helsinki.

Till next time and topic!