What goes up must come down and what goes in the pocket eventually has to come out, doesn’t it? What do Romanians spend their money on? Do the they give in to temptation and dress according to the latest fashion or keep up with the latest technological discoveries?

For most of us coffee represents a means to stay awake, a moment of pleasure shared with friends, a vice, a ritual or an excuse to meet new people. We often decide to go out “for coffee” or desperately look forward to the next “coffee” break.

More often than not we express what we mean with the help of proverbs, sayings or ready-made phrases. Because they are an important part of our cultural heritage we often have the tendency to translate them word-for-word.