Kaffeost
Also coffee cheese, kaffeost med leipäjuusto
Lapland's coffee with cheese: cubes of bread cheese dropped into hot boiled coffee and eaten as they soften.
RegionalServed hotFrom Sweden
- Volume
- 200ml6.8 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 60mgderived, USDA FDC
- Glass
- Mug250 ml
The build
Watch it made, step by step- cubes of leipäjuusto or…50 ml25%
- hot boiled coffee poured…150 ml75%
- Volume
- 200ml
- Caffeine
- 60mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Cubes of mild squeaky cheese softened in a cup of hot coffee and eaten with a spoon.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 200 ml kaffeost
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171890 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water) 40.0 mg/100 g x 150 ml.
USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · read 2026-10-26
A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.
Variants by country
1| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| kaffeost with leipäjuusto | Finland | Finnish bread cheese version. |
History
Popular accountWikidata records kaffeost as a protected Swedish cheese; the coffee custom is a Sámi and northern tradition (popular account).
Swedish and Finnish Lapland.
Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.
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