20 mai 2021 · Thursday, 20 May 2021 A Finnish drink with a heroic past From bbc.com In the 16th Century, effervescent sima was a more desired drink than beer and has since become Finland's go-to beverage for ushering in spring Finland is known for its triple "s" – sisu (resilience), sauna and Sibelius. This 16th-Century drink – which, contrary to today's low-alcohol sima, contained up to 17% alcohol due to a longer fermentation process – was a more desired drink in Finland than beer. One of the busiest 16th-Century Finnish importers was savvy merchant and shipowner Valpuri Erkintytär Innamaa, a strong-willed woman who helped make sima.