The kitchen is completely white. He takes up his position in the middle, the way a badminton player does on the court, so he has to move as little as possible. He has a small electric grinder. First he grinds a lot of light-coloured beans and then some which are tiny, almost black, and shiny as glass. He mixes them in a little metal funnel which he attaches to an espresso machine, which he places on a gas hob.
People acquire bad coffee habits in Greenland.
I pour hot milk right on to the Nescaf . I'm not above dissolving the powder in water straight from the hot-water tap. When he draws out the coffee from the machine, it's thick and black like crude oil. Then he froths the milk with the steam nozzle and divides the coffee between the two glasses. We take it to the sofa.