After eating the meat in the alley, it's time to have a cup of coffee in Xiao Lane.

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For this interview with the coffee shop, the editorial department was shocked at first, because in everyone's eyes, the hero was the kind of person who would casually walk to the roadside stall, pat the table, order a pot of wine, and order two jin of beef.

In fact, the hero himself has always been addicted to coffee, and now he has to drink at least one pot of coffee every day, about three cups of American style. I prefer to use a press and a drip coffee machine, which is simple and direct, and Italian concentration is acceptable. Generally do not drink coffee with sugar and milk, it is too docile.

This time, what the hero wants to recommend to you is Xiaoxiang Coffee, which is located at No. 45 Wuxian Lane, Gulou District. Long long ago, I once did a character interview here, and I thought I liked the smell of this cafe very much. I wanted to buy a bag of beans, but found it was a little expensive, so I gave up. Today, I visited the same place again, but I almost couldn't find it.

As soon as I walked into Xiaoxiang coffee, the strong aroma of coffee came to my nostrils. Looking at it, the cafe is full of chinchilla elements, posters, money jars and dolls. Does the boss have a girl's heart?

Wen Jun, the owner of Xiaoxiang Coffee, was a teacher in the Department of Food Science at Agriculture and Forestry University before becoming a barista. He opened this cafe just because he liked coffee. Wenjun himself is a food major, it will not be very difficult to learn coffee, and for what he wants to achieve, Wenjun is bound to put all his energy into doing it well.

By the end of this month, Xiaoxiang Coffee will be two years old.

The coffee beans of Xiaoxiang Coffee mainly come from Africa, Central and South America and part of Asia. Wenjun only chooses the supplier of raw coffee beans and controls the baking of the beans himself.

Generally speaking, Africa is shallow, while Central and South America is superior. After seven days to three months, the flavor of coffee beans will be stable, and good beans will last longer. Only poorly baked beans will be defective in a month or so.

In addition, Xiaoxiang coffee does not make dinner, only makes coffee and simple cakes, and drinks only sell high-year whisky. Wenjun wants to make coffee better instead of distracting himself from making food. When it comes to the signboard of Xiaoxiang coffee, in addition to a variety of items, it is necessary to count the ice lattes with excellent reputation.

Iced latte. This is a coffee drink that people who don't like coffee will like, choose Xiaoxiang's unique Italian mixed beans and pasteurized milk. It includes Sidamo, Colombia, Mantenin, and Costa Rica. The taste will be very nutty, ice cubes and fresh milk dilute the bitterness and acidity, and friends who are not used to coffee will not find it difficult to accept or even like it.

Xiaoxiang Coffee is open from 11:00 to 11:00 The main crowd is concentrated in the afternoon and evening. Wenjun also holds a coffee sharing meeting once a month to share the experience and fun of coffee with colleagues and fans.

Wen Jun told me that every barista has the insistence of every barista, and her insistence is to make coffee instead of cooking, and insist on making individual coffee better. Everyone has a different understanding of coffee, and there is no fixed right or wrong. Only customers choose cafes, not cafes to choose customers.

For the love of coffee, the hero does not have so many reasons for the freshness of literature and art. He likes coffee because he likes its strong taste and can mention the avatar intestines, that's all.