Kristoffer Lawson<p>While the Finnish <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/sima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sima</span></a> drink (consumed around mayday festivities, or <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/vappu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vappu</span></a>) is often translated as mead, that translation is inaccurate as the Finnish drink is almost always made from sugar these days, not honey. But it’s interesting that the Finnish word originally meant honey, and old sima was honey mead. Only later sugar replaced honey. </p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima_(mead)#:~:text=The%20Finnish%20word%20sima%20is,his%20epic%20poetry%2C%20the%20Kalevala" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima_(</span><span class="invisible">mead)#:~:text=The%20Finnish%20word%20sima%20is,his%20epic%20poetry%2C%20the%20Kalevala</span></a>.</p>