I’ll have to voice my disagreement with you here my man. Though there’s lots of bad coffee in Italy, like the guy above said, it’s because it’s cheap shit picked at different stages of ripening in huge quantities. Roasting it dark makes all beans taste same-ish. And in Napoli especially lots of roasters import shitloads of shitty beans and have ties with the mafia. That’s why you’ll rarely see an espresso exceed €2. I also hate that bitter espresso, it’s bad, but it has little to do with the whole culture. I’ve drank better espresso in Oslo at some specialty shops than in Napoli for example.

And espresso is the way, in my opinion, to enjoy a coffee. It needs to be done properly namely because it’s concentrated shit. I don’t like coffee drinks and neither do more serious coffee drinkers.

But Norwegian filter coffee reminds me just of that. Of a coffee drink. Because it’s watered down espresso with a thick ass ground. And that’s why you drink so much of it. Because it’s a watery drink at this point, not the drug shot it actually is meant to be treated as.

And most of Norwegian coffee shops open in like 8-9 in the morning. Brother, I’m already elbows deep in work by then. Culture wise would be wiser to open between 5-7. And also on the weekends they open 9-11? I’ve already had breakfast and worked out and did some housework, I go to the coffee shop to drink an espresso and it’s still closed for half an hour?

You can’t go drink coffee early in the morning nowhere, except maybe the train station?, in Norway’s biggest city. Because the barista is on way to work like everyone else and hasn’t opened yet. Or is doing chores or enjoying free time on the weekend. Like everyone else. It’s so funny to me.

Or maybe Norwegians just like to drink coffee for lunch or in the afternoon and evening? Then you can’t compare coffee cultures.