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Time to buy a cold bottle of white wine

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In Italy if I want to buy a cold bottle of white wine of sparkling wine to take with me to drink at another place there is no problem. I can go to a store and buy it. As the sign says below, vino freddo (cold wine). But if I want to buy a bottle cold wine in Sweden, that is impossible. Because in Sweden there is an alcohol monopoly and the alcohol monopoly stores are not allowed to sell chilled products, not even beers. Why? Because it would be considered encouraging people to drink alcohol. So in Sweden you better prepare in advance if you want to drink a chilled beer or white wine at another place than a bar or restaurant.

Cappuccino

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If I order a cappuccino in Sweden or Italy I will not get the same cappuccino. In Italy if I order a cappuccino I will get the cappuccino in a cup which is approximately the same size anywhere in Italy with the correct proportion of coffee, steamed milk and frothed milk. What will happen if I order a cappuccino in Sweden? First I have to choose the size of the cappuccino, medium or large. There is not usually any small cappuccinos in Sweden. Then the bartender will probably ask if I want a single or a double, this will never happen in Italy. When you get the cappuccino, the cup is so much bigger than anything you would get in Italy. Finally the proportions of coffee, milk and frothed milk is completely unbalanced, since in Sweden they don't understand that cappuccino is about proportions. Not just coffee with steamed milk and some frothed milk on top. A cappuccino at Pasticceria Pistone in Bologna.