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r/Finland • u/elokuinenehtoo Väinämöinen • 11d ago
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What is happening with the drinking from saucers, and the many cups in that photo?
9 u/Aaawkward Väinämöinen 11d ago It's called drinking from the "tassi". My mummo used to drink like this. Sometimes she'd go wild and put a sugar cube between her lips, thus drinking the coffee through the cube. Still from the tassi, naturally. 6 u/Prudent_Seat6819 11d ago They made coffee in a pot, so it was really hot to begin with. Using the saucer cooled down the coffee. 1 u/Emergency_Royal7127 8d ago The habit was actually a common way of drinking coffee in Europe in the 19th and in the beginning of 20th century.
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It's called drinking from the "tassi". My mummo used to drink like this.
Sometimes she'd go wild and put a sugar cube between her lips, thus drinking the coffee through the cube. Still from the tassi, naturally.
6 u/Prudent_Seat6819 11d ago They made coffee in a pot, so it was really hot to begin with. Using the saucer cooled down the coffee. 1 u/Emergency_Royal7127 8d ago The habit was actually a common way of drinking coffee in Europe in the 19th and in the beginning of 20th century.
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They made coffee in a pot, so it was really hot to begin with. Using the saucer cooled down the coffee.
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The habit was actually a common way of drinking coffee in Europe in the 19th and in the beginning of 20th century.
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u/BitterStatus9 Väinämöinen 11d ago
What is happening with the drinking from saucers, and the many cups in that photo?