Fika like a Swede: Our favourite Nordic coffee & tea essentials

Eva Solo Thermo Cafetière

This sleek stainless steel and oak cafetière with a vacuum jug makes your coffee and keeps it hotter for longer. Perfect for lazy weekend mornings, or when you just don’t want to share. Not a coffee person? There’s a tea version, too. Does that make it a ‘thetière’? We don’t know about that, but we do know it’s great.

Stelton Arne Jacobsen Cylinda-Line teapot

Designed in 1967 by Arne Jacobsen, one of Denmark’s most celebrated mid-century architects and designers, this beautiful teapot is a timeless piece of modernist design, and a design icon. Something to cherish, or give as a special present. The Cylinda-Line has a matching coffee press, too, if coffee’s your thing — the same clean, cylindrical lines from the same 1967 range.

Stelton Theo Teapot

For a different mood, the Theo teapot by Francis Cayouette brings a bit of Japan to the Nordic table. The simple stoneware form keeps it firmly Scandinavian, but the textured surface and contrasting bamboo lid and handle nod east. We’ve picked the striking black here, but it’s also available in sand, and at 1.25 litres it’s a generous pot for slowing down and doing tea properly.

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Drosselmeyer tea infuser

Tea for one? Check out this good-looking (and neat) reinvention of the tea infuser by Drosselmeyer. Scoop up the tea, slide back the perforated lid, and pop it in your cup until you’ve the perfect brew.

Broste stoneware teapot

You can’t beat a good teapot. Generously-sized, this hand-made Scandinavian teapot is finished with a reactive glaze which gives it a natural, organic feel — but it’s also microwave and dishwasher friendly. Good looking and practical. This colour is Nordic Sea, and there are mugs and tableware to match — including the handleless mugs and espresso cups further down, if you like your set to coordinate.

Iris Hantverk Oiled Oak Coffee Scoop

There’s a pleasure in using beautiful, well-made things – so most Iris Hantverk wares make us very happy. Like this tactile coffee scoop hand-crafted from oak. Keep it beside your coffee, or we’d leave it out on display to admire.

Eva Solo Stainless Steel Induction Kettle

It’s not often you can get excited about a kettle, but this sleek steel and oak design is a thing of beauty. It matches the cafetière above — plus it’s easy to use, with a drip-free spout, and you can fill it without having to take the lid off. This is the version for induction hobs, which (if it’s possible) makes it even more stylish.

Classic?

The Broste Nordic Sea classic mug matches the teapot. The range also has espresso cups, handle-less versions and tea cups. If you like Nordic Sea, the Nordic Sand range is worth a look, too – the two work nicely together.

Fun?

Try a large green Moomin mug from Arabia Finland. The Finnish ceramics house has been making its beloved Moomin mugs — featuring Tove Jansson’s characters — for decades, and we stock a whole collection of them, so there’s a Moomin for every mood. We’re also rather taken with the Moomin Haru cup and its matching mini plate which are also by Arabia Finland, but have a slightly softer, more grown-up feel.

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Funky?

For funky retro style with a Scandi influence, we love this Frances Collett festival mug – we’ve some more of her designs, too. And also have some great Scion and Arthouse Unlimited mugs in the shop – pop in for a look if you’re near.

Contemporary?

Contemporary types might like the handleless stoneware mugs mentioned above — clean-lined, tactile and stylish. This one is the Broste Nordic Sand handleless mug.

On the go?

And for those on the go, Aya & Ida reusable travel mugs are great. This is the 380ml cup in mint green – it comes in other colours, too. The Danish brand also does water bottles, flasks and lunch boxes.

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