The Coffee Experiment - Week 2 / 3 and 4 Update

Wow, so the last four weeks have flown by so quickly and I am so overwhelmed by the massive amount of support that I have received towards my project so far.

As with my previous update, the project was fully funded within a week and what really surprised me was that so many kind people from all over the world still continued to contribute. This is so amazing and I really want to say a huge Thank You to each and everyone that has followed my project.

I will start handing out coffee next week now that the Kickstarter project is almost over. This gives me ample opportunity to work on my daily plan on how I want to distribute coffee.

With that said, I went to the store this weekend to get a few 1 Lt Thermos vacuum flasks, paper cups, sugar cubes and a few bags of medium roast coffee.

So my intial plan will be to:

- Brew the coffee at home and carry the precious cargo with me to my office each day
- Post an update about where I will be located in the city on that particular day
- Show up at the location with lots of coffee and paper cups :)
- Hand out coffee to any one that wants a cup of hot coffee :)
- Take a few group photos of people
- Take a short video to upload onto YouTube
- Keep people warm and happy :)

Okay, so that is my daily plan until I run out of money. I do hope that I can push this along until Christmas.

If you want to help out by assistanting me to hand out the coffee please do. It would make a huge difference :)

Don't forget to share my link below with all your friends:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/notquiteswedish/hot-coffee

Regards
Tim

The Coffee Experiment - Week 1

So I moved to Sweden a few months ago and I have realised that in order to learn how to speak Swedish, I need to fully immerse myself in Swedish culture and also to try out speaking the language in a group situation.

My challenges are:

• It isn't as easy to try to talk Swedish as I know very little Swedish at all
• Most people talk to me in English, because I talk to them in English (I need help lol)
• I have heard that it is difficult to intially become part of a social circle as a foreigner

So I had this crazy idea to just be brave and to dive into this head-first! 

Here's the chain of thoughts that I came up with to elevate my Swedish skills:

• People love coffee and it is starting to get cold these days in Stockholm
• Coffee from the shops is usually a little expensive and a lot of people cannot really afford to get a cuppa everyday
• Wouldn't it be nice to just start a social group that shares coffee with anyone, for FREE!!!!
• It would also be nice to try out the little bit of Swedish that I know and learn a bit more from people

So, in one week. I had started my Kickstarter campaign about a week ago and it is already fully funded.

This allows me to start my experiment next week. I will post an update on my project and on this blog about a day before I show up at a specific location. 

There is nothing commercial attached to this; no business; no politics; nada! I will be around with my Thermos of coffee and maybe some cookies :) Feel free to come over for a warm cup of coffee and a chat.

Here's the link the my Kickstarter campaign. The more people I get to support the project, the more coffee I will be able to share. Please feel free to share this with your friends.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/notquiteswedish/hot-coffee?ref=category

You guys rock!!!

Tim