Yes Poles do have good coffee

Although Poland was always known as a tea-drinking nation you now can buy a great cup of coffee. But it wasn’t that long ago coffee wasn’t the drink of choice. It was always black tea with no milk, and usually served in a glass cup. So when in Poland you will need to ensure that you mention “bez mleka” with no milk or “z mlekim” meaning with milk, and for those non Polish readers herbata is tea and kawa is coffee. My kiwi father could never get used to this when in Poland, milk in tea just wasn’t a “thing” in Poland. But now its changed and pleased to say coffee is everywhere and its not too bad. Being from Wellington coffee is part of our culture where coffee trucks are strategically placed around the city to ensure everyone gets their “two” a day hit for all those coffee addicts. Poland is getting there, I am sure there is a market for coffee carts over there and it would be a great business idea maybe throw in a New Zealand pie with that and we would make a killing, you know pies aren’t a polish thing either! The large coffee companies have now moved in and realised there is a market in this change in taste and it is fast becoming a popular alternative.

The Poles are also renowned for their sweet tooth, lots of cakes and all sorts of cakes, just looking at them I feel my dress tighten, but the most common is the “paczek” this delicious donut goes so well with a coffee it truly is a match made in heaven. There are no shortages of cake shops and again these are all at affordable prices, I love the idea of putting cakes in little boxes to take away, it's hard not to get a selection to share. Dangerous I have to say as I love nothing more than coffee and cake, however, it does mean I have to walk everywhere to keep those extra kilos off while in Poland. This isn’t hard while visiting Poland’s cities everywhere is accessible and plenty to see on every route. Food is very important here, every year more and more restaurants and cafes are opening up and closing. Their window displays are mouth watering it's hard to keep walking.