Full Supermarket Tour in ESTONIA (expensive?) 🇪🇪
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
- Grocery shopping in Estonia! Full supermarket tour in Tallinn, Estonia.
On this episode, we went to one of the most popular supermarket in Estonia, Server Supermarket.
Check how Estonian grocery stores look like, and what Estonian grocery prices are like.
Are grocery prices cheap in Estonia?
Is Estonia expensive?
is Estonia cheap?
What are some unique things found in Estonian supermarket?
What is the cost of living in Estonia?
Is it cheap to travel Estonia?
Cost of living in Tallinn, Estonia.
Check out our full supermarket tour in Estonia!
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Full tour of Estonian supermarket (cheaper than Finland?)
2:28 - Something new: Jars of 'summer soup'
3:43 - Something unique: Martsipan chocolate
5:05 - Estonians eat Romanian snacks? (pufuleti and Elephant pretzels)
5:37 - Something unique: Kohuke snack (cottage cheese candy?)
6:18 - Meat prices and availability in Estonia
7:21 - Do Estonians eat salmiakki? I guess not...
8:08 - Estonian beer is VERY GOOD! (and cheap!!)
8:44 - Chip flavors and prices (Taffel more popular than Lay's)
9:25 - Something unique: Garlic rye bread snack
10:12 - WHERE'S THE MUSTARD?
Estonian mustard is probably in some different section than the bottled condiments section. It's really concentrated/strong. Stronger than horseradish (and usually in a metal tube). Finnish mustard is very sweet in comparison but nice for some uses.
And mustard is called Sinep in estonian.
Estonian mustard is the right stuff, very strong and we keep it in the cold.
And horseradish of course, must try with meat. It's in a glass jar.
I am a Finn and I regularly get some Pöltsamaa sinep from the local Baltic products store. Great stuff! Would love to get more Baltic things to the supermarkets, which would bring the prices down, but on the other hand I like supporting those smaller private stores.
If you want to be naughty you can read Sinep bacwards
Normally in shop you can find mustard Põltsamaa in fridge next to butter or horseradish.
As a Finn I recommend you to get a tube of Poltsamaa mustard, that shit is good!
Strong af. It somewhat resembles wasabi.
Pöltsamaa kange!
@@juno961 Most wasabi in other places than the countries that grow em, like Japan, the "wasabi" is made with horseradish. Real wasabi is very pricey.
Proper mustard, opens nostrils :D
As an Estonian i agree.
The Balti jaama Selver is one of the smallest. It is like corner shop. In bigger stores the sections are much bigger. And products on those pallets are like discount offers which are make for like two weeks or a for a week. Also Selver is on the expensive side shop here.
Estonian mustard Sinep is a God's gift to the world! You guys need to find that!
mustard penis :DD
Sinep is mustard n Estonian. Strange you did not find mustard in the store, because actually Estonian mustard is a very popular product in Finland. It´s very strong and similar to Dijon in taste.
I like penis mustard 😍
cuz they too shy to ask around, terrible tourists, how is this channel even popular, they spreading misconceptions
Estonian sinep is refrigerated, so it'd kept in the cooler section.
@@karlkarl93 exactly, because its real mustard, not full of toxic preservatives
Estonians mainly eat only 1 type of mustard and it is "Põltsamaa kange". It's in the cold shelves and it's very strong. Finnish mustard has too mild for us.
Exactly this! I tried a Finnish brand mustard once and it was very different than what I expected, I think we're just used to the strong kind
Finnish mustard is made for children, not Estonians
Estonian mustard (Põltsamaa) is kept in cold (not in room temperature).
pÖltsamaa- wrong.
pÕltsamaa- right
Those garlic ryebread sticks are to die for!
With a beer...mhhh...the best
MHHHH
Love your content guys! Would just like to point out, that Estonia likely has the best mustard in the world and it's called "Sinep" (a small yellow tube sold in the cold section). 😉
Im finnish and my favourite mustard is estonian "sinep" mustard
Sinep means mustard in Estonia, like Swedish senap, it's not a brand.
Read it (Sinep) backward! (laughs and flies away)
You should try traditional Estonian food "kama". It's made from kama flour(wheat, barley, rye and pea) + keefir (in Finnish named piimä) + little sugar
And if you're fancy, you can try adding cocoa powder/hot chocolate powder (Nesquick etc) 😊
Have to mention that every supermarket we have sells pretty different products. Like if you can't find your favorite ice cream in one supermarket you can probably find it in another. Common things like milk and eggs etc. are same but mostly everyone have something different.
For the quest for that greatest ice cream ever, there's Prisma in Tallinn.
Lastevorst (sausage) is best(most popular in estonia) for doing Potatosallad with. The bread you held in your hand is really good. Mostly u eat it with butter+vürtsikilu. Garlic-ryebread is really good snack with beer. Estonia has alot of mustard but you just didnt look good enough :) mustard is in dairy section. In the cold and not where ketchup is like in finland.
100% !!!
Love the super market tours. Keep safe, healthy and happy.
That Kuuslauguleib is the best beer snack..nearly every bar/restauarant offers it fresh! Finland could really learn something there!
In selver, mustard is in the same chiller as butter, cream cheeses, etc.
Salmiakki is of course an item also in EE, weird that Selver didn't have it, in other stores it is available, so better luch next time! :) Also the candy is not that bad, altough it is an aquired taste 🤭
Things on pallets are for current or future discounts and usually are only sold in Selver for a short time.
If you want a good rye bread then don't take peenleib (fine/small grain bread..) but vormileib (shape bread). Vormileib is usually black and has square shaped pieces (not because of toaster). Kodukandi rye bread is a also one that is quite good.
Colorful one at 4:19 was not Marzipan but a thing called "Linnupiim". It is basically souflee. I recommend to try it. Also I recommend candy made with kama (has Kama written on it). Quite good and not sweet (or at least not too noticeably).
At 5:10 the candy box with massive Estonia on it, is Lithuanian.
They have salmiakki ice cream and salmiaakki candy in Prisma.
Those garlic rye bread sticks are so good! Dip them in some sour cream or even better some nacho cheese.
My absolute favourite snack as a kid
never tried em with nacho cheese
Those sausages that are in plastics are usually ones you make cold cuts from, bolony etc. Marzipan is what you make when you grind almonds in flour and then mix it with bit water and maybe sugar. You get the same taste if you chew almonds for very long time.
Actually, marzipan is only ground almonds ( almond meal ) and sugar.
It's consistency is a soft dough- like mixture used mainly for sweets, candy, baked products
or desserts.
Very popular in Scandinavia, nordic and Northern European countries.
Oh my! So many lovely foods in Estonia.... and you hardly got started. Yes, Estonian Rye breads... wonderful. Estonia cheeses, also wonderful! Yes sausages, I prefer the individually cased ones. Used to be 25 years ago that a good pood (food shop) would have an open chilled case of them on display. Before everything became plastic wrapped. And also 25 + years ago, there were two types of toilet paper for sale... white paper, and brown paper, take your pick. I recall on our trips to Estonia in the mid to late 2000's then our children loved imported Curry Ketchup. I believe imported from Germany. Oh you missed so many wonderful Estonian ice creams! Again 25+ years ago, you would reach into the freezer, select your flavor choice by label on the cap lid of cardboard, the rest of the item was a barrel shaped cone, unwrapped. Selecting your choice flavor, purchase, peel off cardboard top, and enjoy. A not common flavor I liked in those was vanilla with raisins.
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6:23 That type of sausage you cut into slices and put on a sandwitch or how I eat it, fry it on a pan with onions and use it as a burger patty. That kind of "burger" is called Porilainen here in Finland and it is something between a hotdog and a burger.
You should go to bottle shops such as Sip in Telliskivi (or a whole bunch of others in the old town) to get some actually _good_ Baltic beers - or just visit the Põhjala brewery in Tallinn to have them on tap with some great bbq food too.
0:50 usually in Finland the most popular coffees (Juhla Mokka, Kulta Katriina etc.) are sold without profit (even when it's not in sale), they're so called "throw-in products".
Not these days. Normal price juhla mokka is 5.90 and sometimes u get those 3-4€. I don't think that shops sell that they make minus many euros every packet. Kulta Katriina it's not same quality.
@@Ragnarok20854 yes they do
Those rye snacks are top #1 gooood.
These packaged sausages are a local custom. Estonians are used to buying sausages in bars and mostly everyone knows what they taste like. It's easy to cut open - you cut off the end with a knife and you can easily pull off the packaging film.
They have a Prisma in Tallin where you can get salmiakki ice cream. As far as I know that is the only place you can get it.
All salmiak stuff is in Estonia too, but we call it lagrits.
The problem with salmiakki in Estonia is that we didn't have it in stores during the soviet era and most people are not used to it. My grandfather brought some from Finland and I grew up totally addicted to it. But when I offered the rare treat to my best friends as the most precious gift I could think of, they spat it out. So disappointing.
Yes we have lagrits (salmiaki) stuff. Also, visit Prisma. There is lots of Fin stuff!
You can also find those pufuleti snack in finland with a differnet name. Sometimes you can find them in the babyfood section as many give them to their toddlers as a snack
The prices in Estonia have gone up a lot in the last 2 years.
agreed!
Pretty much like everywhere 😐
Isn't that normal when all prices all over the Western world have gone up like crazy past few years ?
tbh it's because no more supplies from Russia
Mustard is in the fridge with cheese, butter, mayonnaise etc.
Kohuke and those fried garlic bread sticks are my favourite snacks from Estonia. I always buy loads of them.
Try make the bread sticks yourself, the store ones are low quality. You just fry the bread on a pan & squeeze some garlic in and you're done. Kohuke is legendary tho.
@@Extile00 I've done them many times :)
Estonian garlic bread sticks bought in a bucket at the store are very tasty👌👌👌
Marzipan is sweetened almond paste.
not so easy. When you go Old town then aacross down hall is oldest pharmacy in Europe and they used to make Marzipan over 500 years.
Not sure about ketchup but we do love our sour cream and mayonnaise. Every single Estonian misses these when moving to Finland. Fortunately Finland is full of Estonian food shops. 🎉 Other things are dumplings that we have so many kinds and love, but Finns do not have them at all.
Dumpling with sour cream, or more correctly pelmeni with smetana, is typical Russian food. Are you Russian?
You don't know anything about mustards if you haven't taste Põltsamaa Kange mustard.
So true 🙌
Those soup jars look a lot like Finnish babyfood, but on massive jars. Genius!
Not so massive. There are bigger jars of soup or other food.
Teise soups are quite tasty.
6:44 you press the knife blade under the metal clip and saw through the packaging, then when you are done cutting slices you wrap cling film around it and place it in fridge.
7:55 true, we arent big fans of salmiakki or anything related to that. Also best ice cream is Vanilla Ninja
Mustards price is 1.50€
I've seen Finnish brand mustard in our stores! Though it's a sweet mustard that we don't usually eat, we eat the strong spicy kind in small tubes.
Finally someone who feels the same way about our usual sausage packaging lol. I hate those ones in film packaging. Cut it open, take a little and then it dries up.
In estonia most are Sealable packages, and thouse what are not are usually so small 80-110g, that you eat them once.
You absolutely must try kuuslauguleiväd, or garlic bread in a restaurant. They're basically the same thing you found in the market (in a bucket), but they are fresh and insanely good, especially if you like garlic!
I live in Helsinki but would consider relocating to Tallinn based on this alone!
kUUslauguleivÄd - wrong
kÜÜslauguleivAd- right
I myself love kohuke, it's sweet and has different flavours.
Some people don't like martsipan here and yes we do have candys from fazer :)
Cornoil is sold in the states, usually it's called mazola
You should visit the vodka section, because it actually exists unlike Finland, Sweden, Norway
Oh, and it's likely to have a little something labelled Salmiakki there. :)
the salmiakki and liquorice type of candy's and ice creams can be found in Prisma markets (it's a Finnish company)
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Corn oil is normal and not cheap , Steve . It has a higher temperature resistance . Marzipan is a sweet basicaly made of sugar and ground almonds , it has arabic origin and is very famous in Italy . Big kisses , sweets 😘😘😘
Marzipan was invented in Estonia... or denmark.
@@EstViking I recomend you to check your facts , it has arabic origins .
@@carlagoncalves8414 Although it is believed to have originated in Persia (present-day Iran) and to have been introduced to Europe through the Turks, there is some dispute between Hungary and Italy over its origin. Marzipan became a specialty of the Baltic Sea region of Germany. In particular, the city of Lübeck has a proud tradition of marzipan manufacture (Lübecker Marzipan). The city’s manufacturers like Niederegger still guarantee their Marzipan to contain two thirds almonds by weight, which results in a juicy, bright yellow product.
Another possible geographic origin is Toledo, Spain (850-900, though more probably 1150 during the reign of Alfonso VII, then known as Postre Regio instead of Mazapán) and Sicily (1193, known as panis martius or marzapane, i.e. March Bread). In both cases, there is a reason to believe that there is a clear Arabic influence for historical reasons(both regions were under Muslim control) and there are also mentions in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights of an almond paste eaten during Ramadan and as an aphrodisiac. Other sources establish the origin of marzipan in China, from where the recipe moved on to the Middle East and then to Europe through Al-Andalus. In Toledo, Mazapán is also one of the city’s products. Almonds have to be at least 50% of the total weight, following the directives of Mazapan de Toledo regulator counseil.
@@n00blamer Thanx , lots of information i didn´t have . But still seens it has arabic origins ( didn´t mean the country , but the people ) . Or at lest seens it was spread by the otoman empire that had middle east and the balcans under its thumbs . Thank you for the info . It´s so rare on the net people replyng with info and not i know because i know 😘
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Hehe, fun times, altough you chose to visit one of the smallest Selvers. For next time, mustard is in the cold section 😊 boxed garlic bread is a crime, it is best to make yourself. And random category stuff in the middle are campaign offers, they are not usually like that. Thanks for the video, interesting perspective
Next time you visit here in Estonia . . . please check out a place in Järve Selver, there is a pub/restaurant called "Amps" . . they have the best garlic bread and really really tasty BBQ burger with french fries:) . . . When i go there i always say "this is the best garlic bread in Tallinn"
Things on the pallets middle of rows are usually some things that are on campaign or on sale.
In normal food product we dont have that much price diferent but in alcohol electronic and hygenia procut can have big price difrence.
The mustard in Estonia is split up between the sauce section, jarred goods section and eggs/mayo section. But yeah, ketchup is king as well.
nooo Estonian mustard is legendary! and it's located somewhere in the refrigerated area
Coffee in Finland is cheap, because there is such a huge market for it. Finns drink more coffee per capita than any other nation in the world and the margin to the second biggest coffee drinkers (Norway) is quite considerable.
Bologna is packed that way also in Canada
Perhaps that isn’t the best supermarket? Check out others…but lots of fun to go through it with you two! 🤗
You can also scan items with mobile app, so you don't need that separate scan tool at all.
Kohuke is curd and marzipan is sweet almond paste!
Our only and right mustard is sold from freezer next to the milks! We do actually love mustard but lot stronger and natural one than Finland:). Most common mustard what we all are eating is made by "Põltsamaa", the same brand wich makes soups you saw. So next time please go find our right mustard from freezer section, it's called "SINEP" and the right one is in small tube. Bit lighter ones are there as well, wich are usually canned in class jars.
Love Salmiakki, seen it only in Prisma
Just wow, every second of this video is a real masterpiece!🎨
I am estonian. We do have mustard. Even local brand ones, not imported. It was most likely in the fridge close to eggs and butter in particular shop you went.and its packaged in tubes like toothpaste. Flavor vise its even spicy.
How did i just now find out that Kohuke is a cottage cheese bar??
3:26 tbh i love the spongy texture but its often too dry
You probably sought mustard at a wrong section. EST sure has some good mustard.
4:11 is not marzipan at all, it's a type of souffle confectionary called bird's milk. It has a marshmallow like flavour. :D
I think Estonia almost tripled the alcohol taxation when they joined EU. You could purchase a case (24 pack) of beer or cider for 15€ or even cheaper before. I used to do a day trip to Tallinn every summer 2007-2010, and came back Finland with two cases of beer and one case of cider every time. I haven't visited in over 10 years.. Should do a trip again some time, I'm sure the city looks very different nowadays. There used to be so many abandoned buildings at the port and even close to the city center back then. I'm sure that has changed since.
Recent statistics showed that at the moment food product prices are higher in Estonia compared to Finland but we still have 3-4 times lower wages. Needs some good managing of money to get through.
That ice cream, you can find it in prisma market 😃
Finland is the world's biggest consumer of coffee on a per-person basis. Maybe thats why it's so cheap. Finns consume a whopping 12kg of coffee per person per year, and coffee-drinking is a major part of Finnish society.
Some things are more expensive in Estonia then here in Finland, like that rye bread garlic snack for example, meanwhile we have 30% higher average salary.
Seen salmiakki ice cream in Prisma stores in Estonia.
You can find salmiakki in many shops in Estonia. Maybe not ice cream. But definitely Salmiakki-vodka in many many shops. It is there because Finns buy alcohol from Estonia (its not that common anymore than it was 10 yrs ago).
We have mustard separately, couple of rows forward, near the hummus and majo, you did not find it.
We have the right mustard and it can be found in the refrigerator where cheese and butter are usually found. It is sold in a smaller tube and is available honey sweet English version or very strong like Finland one. Estonians always have mustard on their table, you just couldn't find the right one.
You were in the smallest(almost) supermarket in Tallinn. But the sausages are the same kind mostly from the soviet times, hense that kind of packaging has stayed.
You planning to go watch championship games this year at praha?
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Estonian real mustard are in the cold cupboards. We don't like canned stuff too much. But nice video! :)
I'm just so sad that You didn't find mustard as it would have been suprise for You!
Estonian brends are,Kalev (chocolate and candys),Auro(drinks) Premia(ice cream )
#Jetfam What are the foods your looking excited to eat again once home
@3:42 Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar and almond meal (ground almonds), sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract.
In Estonia we have different flavors of Marzipan: regular, raspberry, Vana Tallinn (liquor), coconut etc. Those underneath are not marzipans, they are "Linnupiim", more like a foamy-milky filling in chocolate as the name states in direct translation ("bird's milk").
That bread you don't recommend beforehand wasn't the black bread most Estonians like more, it was "peenleib" ("Fine bread" is the least healthy due to the high content of wheat flour, but people like the sweetness and less acidity of this product, as well as the pleasant taste of cumin).
@5:44 not cottage cheese (kodujuust) but actually curd (kohupiim).
@7:48 Salmiakki aka salty liquorice ice creams are not offered in all of the stores. As you said, it's not quite Estonian flavor.
We have very good ice cream in Estonia.. as an Estonian/Finn i would recommend
If you are on a mission to try all the beers then you might want to check out Põhjala Brewery & Tap Room :P the food and beer there... 🤤
6:58 well they do not have the same purpose, first one is something you mostly put on your bread and other one is what you for example use as a part of your meal
Estonians love mustard , Finnish mustard is like jam for us. Get the one in a small metal tube.
Estonia is a mustard country, but in a smaller amount used while eating... maybe because mustard is usually stronger here than in Finland :) "Põltsamaa kange sinep" you should try! Careful tho . . .
I use fingertip (thumb) amount in homemade potatosalad (ca 5kg)
I'm Finn and I really like cooking, so I have to have Dijon in my fridge at all times, all recipes call for it when mustard is needed. Because of that I was kinda forced to like strong mustard. It was since I always have it, it's just easier to use it instead of buying some other mustard. Is Estonian mustard stronger or milder than Dijon?
Estonian mustard is awesome, super strong.
Why would you go to Selver? Its one of the most expensive grocery store in Estonia.
It's interesting that Estonian mustard is strong but otherwise their food is very mildly spiced if at all except salt.
Põltsamaa sinep is so called one of strongest mustard as i know, strongest one what i tasted
Bro i pretty much go to the store every day and in Estonia its actully cheap so i hope u had a good time in my countery
Hmm, interesting thing you pointed out at 9:00 - the blue lays chips are actually "sour cream" flavored, but, if i translate the word fromage, then it says "cheese". The packaging has changed recently. It didn't say fromage before, if i remember correctly.
colors of lays: brown = bacon, blue = sour cream, orange = cheese, green = onion, black = chilly.
As for the alcohol prices, you guys came a bit too late to this party :D
Alcohol prices have doubled in recent years, so, the prices you see now, are twice of what they were couple of years ago. If you bother to look around, then you can still get half a liter bottle of beer for 80-90 cents.
Re: Salmiakki - we do have it in estonia, but its not popular, so, you probably wont find it in smaller shops.
French have a wide definition to what is cheese.
Fromage blanc is basically yoghurt.
3:29 this is the price of a kg, 1 piece is 1.16 euro
You should try the actual Estonian mustard named "sinep" it will blow your mind, literally
Ok, based on all the comments, seems like I’m not the only Finnish fan of Põltsamaa Kange Sinep. They really should bring it to all the Finnish supermarkets, would sell out fast.
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Estonians don't buy mustard in bottles. It's in smaller tubes. You don't need a lot of it because it's very strong.
You're right about the sausages you were talking about. It's called keeduvorst or boiled sausage. It actually tastes decent thanks to huge amounts of chemicals in it. It is bright pink in color. Much better is suitsuvorst or smoked sausage. That's what most people put on their sandwitches here.