Ferdie has a long face with heavy arched brows, yellowish eyes and a large pink nose, topped by wispy white hair under a red pointed hat. He wears a pale knitted light-blue vest with loose fibers and mossy patches over olive green sleeves and leggings, and has a round clock hanging at his waist.
He is a generous and shamelessly inventive joker: he sings to the coffee plants in the mornings and uses his freshly washed Sunday underpants as a filter, without any embarrassment. His sense of humor is contagious, though he sometimes overdoes the whisky, but everything is done with affection.
In this story, Ferdie adds the surreal touch: he calls his filter an 'Italian coffee maker', leaves an extra hazelnut for the friendly waiter, and provokes laughter with his antics while the others make sure he doesn't turn the coffee into a coloring for the whisky.
