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Viennese Coffee – Austria’s Coffee House Сulture

Viennese coffee – two words that elicit a smile to the coffee connoisseur. No other country in Europe can boast of such a traditional coffee culture like Austria. Its breathtaking capital Vienna is not only known for the Wiener Schnitzel, but also for Viennese coffee. Thanks to the traditional coffee house culture of Vienna, many different coffee specialties have been created in Austria. So that you do not lose an overview of the huge coffee offer at your next Vienna trip, we want to briefly familiarize you with the Viennese coffee specialties.

Viennese coffee: Whoever has the choice …

The Viennese coffee houses offer such a variety that is difficult to choose one of the delicious coffee variants. Here is a small overview of the most popular Viennese coffee specialties, which are traditionally served with a glass of water.

Mokka or small black: the base of the Viennese coffee specialties

Viennese coffee. The Mokka. The basis of all Viennese coffee specialties is the Mokka. It is a black coffee without sugar or milk. It is classically filtered in a Seihkanne or Karlsbader Kanne. In modern coffee houses you can now get it from the espresso machine. If a mocha is ordered in Vienna, it is served as a so -called small black man. If it is stretched with hot water, it is called an extended black one.

Big black

The big black one is nothing more than a double small black man, which is served in a shell in a correspondingly larger shell.

Small brown and big browner

A small browner is simply a simple mocha that is served with whipped cream in a small shell. Just like the little blacks, there is also the little brown as an extended version with hot water. The big brown is the slightly larger counterpart to the small brown – here a double mocha is prepared with whipped cream.

Franciscan

The Franciscan is a Viennese coffee specialty from a somewhat extended mocha with warm milk and whipped cream. This preparation is served in a large shell.

Wiener Melange

The Franciscan is very similar in terms of preparation. The only difference is that the Viennese melange is served with a hood made of milk foam instead of whipped cream. It resembles the cappuccino. Differences are the milder variety of coffee and the lower amount of milk foam on the melange.

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Café Cubano: Сoffee Сulture in Cuba

Coffee plays an important role in Cuba and has retained its reputation as a real luxury food. Here the history of coffee comes to life.

Coffee culture Cuba – the popular luxury food of the Cubans

Enjoyment is in the Cuban blood. No wonder that, alongside tobacco, coffee is one of the most popular luxury foods. Due to limited production, coffee is not a commodity in Cuba. Nevertheless, Cubans drink quite a lot of coffee throughout the day. No matter the time of year or day, a Cuban likes to make time for a cup of coffee and a nice chat. Visitors are also given a cup of coffee as a matter of course. Cuban coffee tends to be very strong and very sweet. That is why it is usually served in small cups.

The Cubans and the coffee

The delicious brew was once brought to the island by French coffee farmers. They had to flee Haiti at the time and henceforth grew the delicious bean in the mountains of Cuba. The soil here is rich in nutrients, so the coffee beans can grow slowly. The mild, low-acid but spicy aroma is characteristic of Cuban coffee. The coffee plantations produce up to 6,000 tons of coffee annually – but this is not enough to cover Cuba’s own needs for the green bean. As a result, Cuban coffee is not a mass product and is therefore particularly popular with coffee connoisseurs from all over the world.
No matter the time of year or day, a Cuban likes to make time for a cup of coffee and a nice chat.
Tropical flair spreads immediately with a Cuban coffee. After all, the spicy aroma smells particularly intense. A Cuban coffee on the palm beach is certainly a very special treat.

Typical Cuban coffee

Overall, Cubans prefer three different coffees. They like their coffee strong and sweet. The best known is the Café Cubano or Cafecito. Incidentally, cafecito means “small coffee” and alludes to the typical small cup in which it is served. The cafecito is considered a Cuban specialty and is also very popular outside of Cuba. It consists of dark roasted beans and sugar. The barista adds sugar during the brewing process. No wonder the cafecito is very sweet.
The slightly milder alternative to the cafecito is the cortadito. This is an espresso with frothed milk in a ratio of 3:1. The cortadito is usually served in a small glass. Of course, there is also a classic milk coffee in Cuba. This is called café con leche and consists of coffee and milk.

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Coffee Сulture in Sweden

Even if the Swedes don’t grow coffee themselves, they are quite fond of the hot drink. In fact, they drink the most coffee in the world after the Finns.

Sweden – Vice world champion in coffee consumption

Who would have thought? Coffee is a real national drink in Sweden. On average, every Swede consumes around 160 to 170 liters a year. This equates to three and a half cups a day. This puts Sweden just behind Finland on the throne of international coffee consumers. The Swedes are born with coffee preparation. The obligatory coffee pot and the leather bag with “cooking coffee” should not be missing on any canoe or hiking tour. Incidentally, the addition of milk, which is common in other countries, is considered a distortion of the coffee taste throughout Scandinavia. Swedes prefer a dark, stronger roast for their coffee without any milk.

The coffee in Sweden’s everyday life

The first coffee came to Sweden in 1685. Since then it has been celebrating a true triumph. At the beginning of the 18th century there were over 50 coffee houses in Stockholm alone. If it wasn’t too cold to grow coffee, the Swedes would certainly grow coffee beans themselves. Swedish coffees are very popular as souvenirs. To quench the thirst for coffee, 100,000 tons of coffee are imported every year. Thus, every Swede consumes about 10 kg of coffee per year. Only the Finns drink more coffee.
On average, every Swede consumes around 160 to 170 liters a year.
Enjoying coffee is firmly anchored in the everyday life of a Swede. Overall, the average Swede spends 52 minutes a day drinking coffee. The time doesn’t matter, coffee is drunk all day long. Coffee is consumed particularly intensively at work. A workplace without a coffee machine is almost unthinkable in Sweden. It is therefore not surprising that half of the coffee consumed in Sweden is consumed at work.

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