Hot drinks such as tea and coffee have been enjoyed for more than 2000 years.
They are part of everyday life in most cultures.
Drinking tea and coffee is a way to socialize.
Afternoon tea in England and Japanese tea ceremonies.
Cosy Swedish “fika”, coffee breaks, and take away coffee.
Here in Sweden we drink more than three cups of coffee a day.
But where does our coffee actually come from, and how has it been produced?
In this display case we exhibit metal objects to test how they stand the exhibition environment. Different metals have different tendencies to rust and become verdigrised. Salts, dust, dirt, air pollution and acid environment are factors that speed the breaking down of metals.