Since arriving to Finland, we have been trying to findanswers to this question: What is Finnishcafé culture? So far we’ve found outdoor market café stalls, café kiosks, afarmhouse island café, and a waterside café in an old fish-drying house, butcafes with La Marzocco espresso machines and aero press' are a bit harder tocome by in this town. That’s why we were intrigued by Good Life Coffee, a very young and very hip café onKolmas Linja in Helsinki.
Lauri Pipinen, the owner of this baby café (only 3 months old) treated us first to some espressos, then cappuccinos and then a cup of the famous La Esmeralda (ooooh, lucky us!). Although Lauri can make a mean espresso, we found out that he, just like the other baristas we have met in Finland, are all aboutthe filter coffee. Lauri explained that Finns drink a lot of coffee but that the coffee they drink is usually a mix of 10 different types of beans – and that doesn’t tell you anything about the coffee itself. Lauri wants to serve a 'proper 'or 'good' cup of coffee (good green beans, good roast, good barista = good coffee) and there are plenty of people in Helsinki that would say that this is exactly what he is doing.
When you come to Oslo, let us show you what we do with the coffee of barista world champion Tim Wendelboe! We add rinsed water, whisky, whipped cream and a little of sugar. Better known as Irish coffee! The taste turn out to be excellent. We offer you our Irish tomorrow at 7!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Bar & Cigar, C.J.Hambroes plass 2c, just three blocks from our main street, Karl Johans gate.