a good morning

Yesterday I ate breakfast when it was already bright outside.

I start my days very often with coffee & muesli with nuts, sunflower seeds and lovely minced Hippophae rhamnoides - sea buckthorn powder to put it more clearly (Fin: jauhettu tyrnimarja). Sometimes I add crushed linseeds among the mix (Fin: pellavansiemenrouhe).

I can not leave the house without a proper amount of energy and this is the ordinary way for me getting it.

Kohvik Kompott

What a creative way to use a kitchen grater!

We visited Tallinn, Estonia with a bunch of friends last weekend. With a few of them we decided to take a round in the old town to see if we could find a nice place for brunch. We sure found one - Kohvik Kompott can be found at street Pikk 30. We loved the place and I can warmly recommend it if you ever happen to visit Tallinn.

All of us paid around 10 euros each, and my meal consisted of a pot of peppermint tea (with fresh leaves!), large wok-vegetable main dish and for dessert the five of us shared waffles with jam and whipped cream. The thing was to make the waffles while sitting around the table, so you could define the size and crispiness yourself. Very handy. :) Everything was so, so good.

Big like.

bits of '12 here and there

My year felt surprisingly short but was still pleasantly happy. There were many good moments with many lovely people. I even managed to get myself a student status, which is very nice.

I hope the next year will greet me with loads of beautiful colors, new adventures, smiles and interesting opportunities. I promise to keep my eyes and mind open.

when the package makes me do it

These three packages of coffee look like something I would frame on my kitchen wall after use - well, actually I'm going to. I saw the products at a super market recently and after buying one box I couldn't resist taking home two boxes more.

This is the kind of package design that totally hits me! Simple yet stylish. There were many different kinds of coffee flavors all around the world, though all of them are manufactured in Italy, and so far I've tasted my Costa Rica one. I'm rather picky what it comes to coffee, and cup of that was pure enjoyment indeed.

coffee in a cup

I decided to dedicate a post for coffee - the joy of my early mornings and peaceful afternoons. At home I drink my coffee with milk, but I also like special coffees with a hint of sweetness. I have several packs of different coffees so I can choose the blend according to my mood. I store my coffee in the following two jars among others. The Paulig jar is decades old and from my parents while the second one is from Espan Enkelit.

I have collected a variety of cups:

This Marimekko cup with the girl in a plaid scarf has been my absolute favorite since the day I bought it! It's exactly the right size for the coffee to stay hot and it fits in my hand just perfectly.


I also have some series of smaller cups. The first ones we got from my boyfriend's mother and I think we have a set of 8. I simply love them! The red ones below are from Indiska - they are actually meant for mulled wine (glögi), but I wanted to take a picture of them too because they are just beautiful. :D

And how about the coffee? I hate it when it's lame and love it when it's full, aromatic and soft yet strong. The scent is also very important. There are reasons I like Indiska's hazelnut and cinnamon coffee.


The best coffee I have had came from a small independent coffee shop in Etu-Töölö and also from a coffee & tea store in Oulu, called Kofeiinikomppania. At both places they grind the beans on the spot. Oh and I must not forget the coffee in Portugal! Every time I smell either freshly ground or roasted coffee I get these small vibrations...

Today when I added the two Siirtolapuutarha cups with the city theme to my reservoir I also joined the Marimekko customer club and received a free pack of dotted napkins! It was a really nice surprise.

But as I am a huge lover of coffee I also appreciate tea. We have even more tea than coffee at home since my boyfriend drinks it approximately two pots a day...

The tea jar is from Indiska (for the hundredth time), but those tea bags have a bit different story. We brought them all the way from Mauritius where the tea had been cultivated. It was served at the hotel room and we decided to take the whole pack with us because we enjoyed the flavor. Too bad we didn't know there were some limits to importing tea. We came to know that with all the other little packages of tea we had brought maybe like five times too much tea to our home country. Well, no-one accused us of being smugglers. :D

Café Ikaros - syksyn lopputyö

Muistin juuri, että mun on pitänyt postata tänne parit kuvat mun syksyn lopputyöstä. Tehtävänä oli suuunnitella yritysilme kahvilalle, joka sijaitsee Helsingin keskustassa. Kokonaisuuteen piti kuulua vähintään logo, nettisivujen etusivu, käyntikortti ja graafinen ohjeisto. Päädyin tämännäköiseen ilmeeseen:

Yllä on siis muutamat nettisivuleiskat, tein kaikista alasivuista omansa, mutta en taida laittaa niitä tänne kun eivät eroa niin paljon näistä. Kahvila on siis kaikkinensa ihan mielikuvitusta, eli turha mennä Punavuoresta tätä ihanaa kahvilaa etsimään! :D Ja sitten käyntikortti sekä lisukkeina take away -kuppi ja kahvilista, joiden asemointi siististi näytölle ei ollut helppoa eikä edes mahdollista:

Maanantaina alkaa joululoman jälkeen taas koulu ja saadaan arvostelu lopputyöstä asteikolla 1-5. Jänskättää mitä tulee...

// Lisäys 12.1. Sain arvosanaksi 5. SCORE! Olen erittäin tyytyväinen.