College students start a business and open a cafe to sell coffee, making money from their studies.

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There is an inconspicuous shop on Baosheng Avenue in the north of Chongqing, but there is a different hole in it: rows of bookshelves, exquisite handmade snacks, freshly baked coffee. In addition to book appreciation, regular film appreciation activities will be held here. The store was founded by four young people while in college, and now they have opened two other branches.

Start a business while taking a class

Only five hours of sleep a day

The shop, called Bean Sprout Cafe, was founded by four young people during their college years. Two of them have graduated and two are still in their first year of graduate study at Southwest University of political Science and Law.

Xu Tao, 25, was the leader of the four. at that time, he found that there was no special cafe around the school, and he liked the atmosphere of the cafe very much, so he decided to open a cafe nearby. The other three partners I knew as soon as I entered the school agreed as soon as I heard Xu Tao's entrepreneurial idea.

At the beginning of the business, the four people collected their pocket money, scholarships, living expenses and part-time money together and raised a total of 100000 yuan in start-up capital. In August 2010, they rented a second-floor shop of about 4000 square meters on a neighboring street not far from the school for nearly 4000 yuan.

In order to save money, it is up to them to figure out ways to decorate and purchase equipment. The second-hand market panned tables, chairs and accessories, then came back to paint the walls, paid homage to senior baristas, and studied coffee technology. it took almost two months for the cafe to officially open for business.

Since they opened the coffee shop, Xu Tao has been a little too busy. "they have lost 13 jin a month. In order to run a good coffee shop, they often go to bed at 2 am and have to get up for class at 7 am." Tired as it is, everyone thinks it's worth it.

A monthly loss of 5000 yuan

They combine coffee with books

Before opening the store, all four people have made a clear division of labor, some are responsible for online and offline publicity, some are responsible for operation, some are responsible for finance, but there are not many customers who have been open for nearly a week. Familiar classmates come to help with the scene, and there are only a handful of foreign friends and classmates.

Due to the small number of customers and the need to pay rent, water and electricity charges, the basic loss in the store is more than 5000 yuan per month. With the passage of time, there are more KTV, tea bars and cafes around, which makes the otherwise bad business even worse.

During this period, Xu Tao and other partners came up with the idea of combining cafes with bookstores to attract customers through environmental advantages. As a result, Xu Tao moved their usual collection of books to the store, and later cooperated with Green Tomato to build a coffee library to provide students with free book lending services.

At the same time, Xu Tao also improved the quality of coffee in the cafe. To this end, Xu Tao also went to Chongqing to study Mola coffee, the only coffee shop in Chongqing at that time. Through the re-upgrading, the business of the store has also improved a lot.

Open a branch after making a profit

To build coffee culture in Chongqing

After losing money for almost three months, business in the store is getting better, and some customers come late and often have no seats. There are too many troubles for customers. The original purpose of the store is to provide customers with a clean, comfortable and relaxed reading environment, but there will be noise after too many people, which will affect the quality of customers' reading. It is urgent to open a branch. On June 6, 2011, the second branch of Xu Tao and his partners, Douyan Cafe, opened on June 6, and in April 2012, the third branch, Dousai Corner Cafe, also officially opened. Today, the three stores have a combined monthly profit of about 15000 yuan, with an annual income of nearly 150000 yuan, but people are not in a hurry to pay dividends, but continue to invest money to improve the quality of cafes and want to become a campus brand cafe in Chongqing.

Of the four people who started the business, two continued to study as graduate students in Western political Science, and two went into cafes full-time after graduation. Xu Tao and his friends have only a simple idea, that is, they want to use the cafe as the carrier to really integrate coffee and books, and at the same time contribute to the local coffee culture in Chongqing.

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The disadvantages of drinking coffee:

1. Confusing caffeine in times of stress helps to improve alertness, agility, memory and concentration. But drinking more coffee than you are used to will produce the same dose of stimulants that you are used to, which can cause nervousness. For people with anxiety disorders, caffeine can worsen symptoms such as sweaty palms, palpitations and tinnitus.

two。 Aggravate high blood pressure caffeine is often combined with other simple painkillers because of its analgesic effect, but if you take it in large quantities for a long time, if you already have high blood pressure, using a lot of caffeine will only make your situation worse. Because caffeine alone can raise blood pressure, coupled with emotional stress, it can have a dangerous multiplication effect, so people at risk of high blood pressure should especially avoid drinking caffeinated drinks during stressful times at work. Some people who drink coffee all the year round think they are immune to the effects of caffeine, but this is not the case. One study shows that blood pressure can rise for up to 12 hours after drinking a cup of coffee.

3. Induced osteoporosis caffeine itself has a good diuretic effect. If you drink a lot of coffee for a long time, it is easy to cause bone loss, which will adversely affect the preservation of bone mass. For women, it may increase the threat of osteoporosis. But the premise is that people who don't get enough calcium in normal food, or people who don't move very often, plus women after menopause, calcium loss caused by lack of estrogen, coupled with a large amount of caffeine, may pose a threat to bones. If you can enjoy it in a reasonable amount, you can still stop eating for fear of choking.

In addition, the following six types of people should not drink coffee: suffering from high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis and other diseases-long-term or heavy consumption of coffee can cause cardiovascular disease. Older women-Coffee reduces calcium and causes osteoporosis. After menopause, women need to add ten times the amount of calcium every day. People with stomach problems-drinking too much coffee can worsen stomach problems. Pregnant women-drinking too much coffee can lead to fetal malformation or miscarriage. People with vitamin B1 deficiency-vitamin B1 can maintain the balance and stability of the nervous system, and coffee has a destructive effect on it. Cancer patients-drinking too much coffee is at risk of cancer to normal people.