Danish Coffee – preferably at home

On the 6th of May, Danish coffee is celebrated – on the National Coffee Day.

• The Danes drink with 863 cups far more than we Germans with 675 cups a year!
• This is 280 mg of caffeine a day.
• 32 % of Danes drink more than 5 cups of coffee a day. That’s about 400 mg of caffeine.
• The Scandinavians drink their coffee at home classic brewed or filtered, traditionally rather brightly roasted.
• French press is also widespread.
• Danes prefer to drink their coffee black without sugar and milk.
• On the drinks menu you will even find an aftenkaffe (evening coffee)
• The proportion of decaffeinated coffee is negligible with less than 0.5 %

Through the love of coffee, it is not surprising that the Danes also have their own Danish coffee creations.

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Danish coffee

• Danish coffee is a mix of 1 cup hot coffee, 2 tsp sugar, 1 clove, 1 cinnamon stick, 2 tbsp rum.
• For Danish coffee add hot coffee into a pot on a stove, mix with sugar, add clove, cinnamon stick and rum, leave it for maximum 2 hours.
• Pour hot coffee into glasses and enjoy your Danish coffee

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Kaffepunch

• originating in the western region of Jutland.
• It consists of af mix of coffee and snaps.
• A popular way to mix it is to put a coin in the bottom of a coffee cup and pour in coffee until the coin is no longer visible.
• Then pour the snaps in until the coin can be seen again through the diluted coffee.

… and who is looking for good cafes in Copenhagen, let me take you on a coffee tour in Copenhagen
Hera also a list of coffee roaster in Denmark:

• Risteriet – Rødovre
• Estate Coffee – København
• Kaffeagenterne – Randers
• The Coffee Collective – Frederiksberg
• Kaffebønnens Risteri – Brøndby
• Øristeriet – Rødovre
• Just Coffee – Roskilde
• Great Coffee – Århus

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