Word: kaffemik
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...lives in Sisimiut, Greenland's second largest town after the capital Nuuk. Their sitting room is filled with stuffed seabirds, homemade bows, fishing spears and tiny hand-carved bone figures shaped like mythical creatures. Laid out on the table are their best cups and saucers - it is time for Kaffemik. Translated from the Danish as "Please come to our house for coffee," this phrase is used to welcome neighbors, friends, relatives and - increasingly - tourists into local homes. Along with the robust coffee, we are served plates of bread with smoked fish, followed by cakes and buns. And while...
...best way to get a sense of the place and its people, though, is through the warm, friendly custom of Kaffemik. Before we leave, there is just enough time for another drop of coffee and a few more cakes. As they say at Kaffemiks across Greenland: "Tass' mamaq (Yummy...
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