With the popularization and development of coffee culture around the world, countries have presented different coffee cultures. Italians prefer extremely strong esprssso, while Americans prefer "американо" with direct water. What kind of coffee do Russians, who have their own cultural characteristics, like to drink? What is russian coffee culture like?
During the Soviet period, because of the shortage of materials, people drank mainly instant coffee from India. Coffee culture only began to develop in Russia in the early 1990s. Let's take a look at the development characteristics of Russian coffee culture through a set of interesting surveys:
1. Russian coffee culture is popular in its European part, with 2/3 of coffee lovers concentrated in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where more coffee drinkers in St. Petersburg than in Moscow.
More than 2.70% of Russians prefer to brew coffee to instant coffee, and this proportion is increasing year by year;
3. Cafes are the best-selling cappuccinos;
4. Russians use Turkish coffee pots or automatic coffee pots to make coffee at home, they like to add milk, flavoring spices, spirits, lemons, etc. to the coffee;
5. Russian coffee is mainly imported from Vietnam, Indonesia and Brazil;
6. The 2019 survey showed that coffee sales in Russia are more than 20% higher than tea, and people spend half more on coffee than tea.
What the? Russians like to add spices, spirits, lemons to coffee? Is this true?
Yes, this is the characteristic of Russian-style coffee. Speaking of Russian-style coffee, there is a very interesting story about the origin of its name. In 2016, former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev joked with his belarusian colleagues at the Eurasian Economic Union meeting: "Give me a cup of American coffee", which is very unpatriotic and wants to call American coffee "американо "renamed Russian coffee" русианоо"/"россияно". At present, "русиано" has been registered as a brand by merchants, let's go and understand the Russian coffee "русиано".
"Russian-style coffee", also called hot Moga gaba, has a strong coffee flavor. Start by breaking an egg yolk, placing it in a saucepan, then adding chocolate, a small amount of milk, heating and melting, then pouring in a glass of vodka, and finally adding a small spoonful of granulated sugar to mix well. Prepare a piping hot, thick half cup of coffee in a coffee cup and pour in the milk mixed with eggs, chocolate and vodka. Finally, garnish two scoops of cream on the surface of the liquid and sprinkle with chocolate crumbs. It sounds like a lot of calories, but drinking a cup in the cold Russian winter is simply the supreme enjoyment, and the taste is strong. If you are not strong enough to drink, use a small amount of white rum instead of vodka, and the effect of driving away the cold is also good.
Russians don't like to be like the Italians who quickly drink a glass of espresso at the bar of a coffee bar and leave. They like to drink coffee at home or in a café, serve desserts, and meet friends to drink and chat. So Russian cafes usually offer a very rich menu and even hot dishes, which in recent years have been sought after by young people. Cafes charge on time, drinks and food are unlimited, drinks are generally coffee, tea, beverages, in addition, there are board games for customers to entertain.