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I’m an American, but I lived a year in Kiruna (up north, mining town, part of Lapland) and it was a common thing among my friends from there. Common enough that I brought the tradition back to the US and enjoyed a cup of coffee-cheesed coffee just yesterday.

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Wow. How was your experience there? Even as a native Swede, that’d be quite a cultural challenge, as well as harsh to deal with the total darkness during the winter.

I loved it. We moved there with 4 kids and had number 5 there. Life-changing, wonderful experience.

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