{"id":5824,"date":"2015-01-19T19:27:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T19:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=5824"},"modified":"2015-01-19T19:27:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T19:27:29","slug":"tasty-polish-coffee-during-long-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/tasty-polish-coffee-during-long-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasty Polish coffee during long winter…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coffee is one of my favorite beverages! I love it any time and anywhere:) But of course, especially on a cold winter day….<\/p>\n

Most Poles seem hooked on strong coffee and they cannot carry on without a cup a day, or two or more. Many still brew it the Polish way by putting a spoonful or two of ground coffee into a glass and filling the vessel up with boiling water. My aunt makes it super strong…Almost half of the glass\/cup is a filled with coffee grounds!!!<\/p>\n

The average Pole consumes about 107 litres of coffee per year, which gives the country the 12th position in Europe, according to a report by Euromonitor International. By 2015, the report puts Poland\u2019s coffee market at as much as US$1.64 billion.<\/p>\n

Poles drink a lot of instant coffee (kawa rozpuszczalna<\/strong>). One of the very popular brands of this type of coffee was always Inka<\/strong> (and I think it is still pretty easy to find).\u00a0Inka<\/strong> is a Polish roasted grain beverage. Developed in the late 1960s during the communist era, Inka has been produced in Skawina since 1971, a centre of coffee production since the early 20th century. Currently it is manufactured by GRANA Sp. Z O.O. It is exported to Canada and the United States as Naturalis Inka in packaging reminiscent of that used in Poland in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n

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Poles love their strong black coffee known as czarna<\/strong> , literally the word for “black” or czarna kawa<\/strong> which, in its most extreme form, is equivalent to espresso. Coffee with milk is kawa z mlekiem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you would like to know how to order coffee in Polish, here is a helpful video:)<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xbEeu-VELac#t=22<\/a><\/p>\n

Old towns in Poland have a lot of really nice and unique coffee shops:) Chain stores, like\u00a0Coffee Heaven, iCoffee, Empik Cafes<\/strong> and the foreign entries Costa Coffee<\/strong> and Starbucks<\/strong> all offer a great experience as well\u2026 clean, uniform, and comfy business-like atmospheres supported by pretty good drip coffee and espresso. Lots of places play jazz music over their stereo but don\u2019t offer any live music. All had free internet.<\/p>\n

Do nast\u0119pnego razu…<\/strong> (Till next time…)<\/p>\n

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Coffee is one of my favorite beverages! I love it any time and anywhere:) But of course, especially on a cold winter day…. Most Poles seem hooked on strong coffee and they cannot carry on without a cup a day, or two or more. Many still brew it the Polish way by putting a spoonful…<\/p>\n

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