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The Fika Table

• How to Host Fika: A Simple Coffee-and-Cake Pause — To host fika, make the pause more important than the spread.

Coffee Brewing

• Pour-Over Coffee for Fika: A Repeatable 500-Gram Brew — For a repeatable pour-over, use 30 grams coffee and 500 grams brewing water—a 1:16.7 ratio because 500 ÷ 30 = 16.67.

Buns & Bakes

• Swedish Cinnamon Buns With Cardamom by Weight — For 12 Swedish-style cinnamon buns, make dough with 500 grams flour, 250 grams milk, 75 grams butter, 60 grams sugar, 7 grams instant yeast, 7 grams salt,.
• Swedish Kladdkaka With a Safe, Fudgy Centre — For one 20-centimetre Swedish kladdkaka, mix 150 grams melted butter, 250 grams sugar, 100 grams flour, 40 grams cocoa, 3 eggs, 3 grams salt, and 5 grams.