The Idea

Two coffee enthusiasts with bohemian inclination join forces. What's it all about? It's all about coffee!

One winter morning there is a mail in Casper’s inbox:

Di: "I have an idea! Want to write a blog with me about coffee culture in Copenhagen"?

Having caught the future co-writer having a swell morning, the decision is not hard to make:

Casper: “Of course”…
and just like that the coffee blogger team came to being!

Casper: “Where is this idea coming from”?

Di leans back, taking a philosophical pose, throws her hair backwards, with one hand scratching her chin and begins:

“How does one reconcile one's need for freedom, the desire to feel carefree and have fun on one side, and the expectations of the surrounding for you to behave as a responsible and productive person, on the other?
Well, we live in times where we are made to believe that having it all seems possible. Even if it is not, it seems worth trying. I want to be part of the urban life here and now, I want to observe, indulge myself in soul searching and come out of it a better person…or not :)”

(“Yeah, yeah right whatever “- thinks Casper, with a puzzled look)
Casper summarizes what he makes immediate sense of: “Ok… So we are writing a blog. I suppose you imagine writing about something like:

Which cup of coffee is the Copenhageners favorite cup?
Do Copenhageners take pleasure in the smell and taste of big cups of filtered coffee served early in the morning?
A big cup that prolongs the drinking experience and makes the morning pass at a slower pace? Or an espresso that gives a quick kick to run from an errand to an errand? Do they prefer cappuccino or latte? Or…”

Di: “Yes, something like that. To find out how Copenhageners drink coffee!
Why do they drink coffee? Where do they drink it? What kind of coffee do they drink? Do they have company when they drink coffee?”

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So, how hard can it be? On this blog we will try to answer these questions, and thereby try to draw a picture of the coffee culture in Copenhagen. In doing so we, of course, have to visit a lot of cafes in Copenhagen and drink a loooot of coffee. Lovely!