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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
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Low effort job but beautifully released.
An adorable, quick read about one of my favorite things - COFFEE! I learned some fun facts and Swedes and coffee as well as how coffee can create community. This was the perfect read before bed.
A short guide to the Swedish ritual of "Fika" or coffee break. It explores a little of the background of this tradition of taking a break each day to enjoy hot beverages and sweet treats and includes recipes for drinks and treats. It also has great quotes about coffee throughout. This is a really nice introduction to Fika and would make a great gift book.
was hoping for more information... like anecdotal, personal stories about fika... but most of the book was just a lot of cheesy quotes after a brief intro to the concept of fika. I liked the visual design elements and the recipes seemed good, although annoying in the impracticality of telling one to gather spices and then grind them with a mortar and pestle for a midday treat that is best eaten within 2 hours of making. Not worth the effort, there! you could just specify the tsp or tbsp amount but sure, I'll get '4 strands of saffron'.
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It definitely holds up to the "small" in the title, but the recipes look fun. Fika, which can maybe be looked at as a friendly mindfullness , really, that can be shared with others, could probably be mused on in a little more depth, but what is here has sweet and quietly soothing quality about it.
This is a coffee table or gift book. It's aesthetically beautifully, even in the electronic format.
Quite simply, the content was not at all what I was expecting.
The beginning portion had a description of fika. I suppose there's not a lot to say about what fika is, but I guess I was expecting a little more detail about the culture surrounding fika.
Then the book felt padded with lots of pages of quotes about drinking coffee. This cheapened the reading experience for me.
And then, it shifted to (a large portion of the book) recipes for treats to go along with fika (coffee). These were useful, but based on the book descriptions it's not what I was expecting.
Quite simply, the content was not at all what I was expecting.
The beginning portion had a description of fika. I suppose there's not a lot to say about what fika is, but I guess I was expecting a little more detail about the culture surrounding fika.
Then the book felt padded with lots of pages of quotes about drinking coffee. This cheapened the reading experience for me.
And then, it shifted to (a large portion of the book) recipes for treats to go along with fika (coffee). These were useful, but based on the book descriptions it's not what I was expecting.