Kaffikok
![Kaffikok illustration: wrapped up warm in a snowy landscape, a person sits and enjoys a coffee, before setting off on foot and stopping again some time later distracted by thoughts of another coffee. The distance travelled is shown as 1 Kaffikok.](https://images.prismic.io/sketchplanations/097eb1f8-1740-422a-92bc-7bfc09d26fbb_SP+540+-+Kaffikok.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&w=3840&q=50)
A word from the Sami people of Northern Norway, Finland or Sweden, from ‘coffee’ and ‘boil’, used as a measure of distance for how far you can go before you need a cup of coffee.
Via @marterum and @RobGMacfarlane
HT: Nancy Hey
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