After the men returned from the front, the country had to be rebuilt, the displaced population had to be resettled, and large war reparations had to be paid. The return to peace was difficult, but the Finnish people coped with it honorably through joint efforts.

The film tells the story of the post-war coffee cargo brought by the ship Herakles and coffee production.

Spending the summer in Helsinki, Tampere and Naantali - in the water and on dry land.