Our Story

Cafe Cardemumma, founded in 2010, is owned by Katariina Karlsson and Kyllikki Pajunen. The Café aims to combine homely flavors with fresh ingredients, all seasoned with a touch of love. Cardemumma has been warmly welcomed in the heart of Kallio, and this serves as an incentive to provide excellent service to our wonderful customers.

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In 2022, after Kyllikki retired, art project producer Julia Guo, pianist Amber Jin, and Cafe Cardemumma's very own own barista Reetta Kovanen joined the Cardemummas board together with Katariina Karlsson.

After new partners joined, we share a common goal: to promote and preserve the precious Finnish culinary culture. We are dedicated to enabling people from diverse cultural backgrounds to experience authentic Finnish flavors. To achieve this, we maintain the original taste while introducing various cultural activities, ensuring that our Café retains the pure Finnish flavor in its cuisine and becomes more inclusive and diverse in its cultural and artistic atmosphere.

As the British linguist Samuel Johnson said, a coffee shop is not just a place to sell coffee, but also an idea, a way of life, a social occasion, and a philosophy.

Warm welcome!