College students open a cafe to start a business, open a cafe with dreams

Follow the caf é (Wechat official account vdailycom) and found that Beautiful Cafe opened a small shop of its own.

In a corner of the central campus of Shanxi University, a 40-square-meter storefront is giving birth to a dream about coffee between Yaxin, a college student, and his girlfriend.

According to the plan, the small cafe will be unveiled this year under the name Concrete Jungle coffee (cement Forest Coffee). In March this year, Yaxin, who ranked first in the Jinan division of the 2017 World Coffee Brewing Competition, will also go to Shanghai to participate in the national finals. If he wins the championship, he will also get a "ticket" to participate in the international competition. The purpose of participating in the competition is to grow better and faster. As "ashes" coffee lovers, the dream of spreading coffee culture has always encouraged them to persevere, let more people know about coffee, learn about coffee, and fall in love with coffee.

A reggae teenager falls in love with coffee

"the original concept of coffee probably began with the cafe called'60 Coffee beans'at the gate of my high school in Hohhot." Yaxin, who was born in 1997, said he was a "reggae" teenager at that time.

In the coffee shop that was full of magic to him, he made a lot of good friends who are still active in rap. "I also participated in the formation of a Mongolian language."

Rap band, the songs we wrote together can still be found on the Internet. " Yaxin said that during that period of rap, he

I also developed another hobby for myself-drinking coffee.

High school time is always short, after the end of the college entrance examination, Yaxin in the face of life's first major choice is a little confused. "keep playing music, or do you want to go?

University? Majored in music, or choose something else? Maybe music is my hobby, but it's not suitable for my profession. " Yaxin said that after a long talk with his parents, in order to get a good job in the future, he was finally admitted to Yanchai Yanshan College of International Economics and Trade.

During the freshman winter vacation, Yaxin, who returned to Hohhot, attended a coffee brewing training course. "then I found that this is something that can be shared, and each kind of coffee bean has its own characteristics and charm. Everyone makes different coffee." Yaxin said he drank more than 30 cups of coffee a day in order to taste the different flavors of coffee.

When learning to brew coffee took up more and more time in Yaxin, he found that he was willing to give up playing games with his roommates and to spend more rest time busy with coffee, so he thought that coffee might become his career. In this way, Yaxin decided to change from a coffee lover to a coffee sharer.

Is there a conflict between entrepreneurship and study? Yaxin told reporters that there must be an impact. The bottom line he set for himself is that every course needs to be "qualified" and will never fail. He knows that no matter how much he likes to do something, he needs to have a degree, and he has his own grasp of life. "although I have made my own choice about my career, I will not give up my studies easily, because it was my own choice."

B is only willing to make coffee with "personality" to advance to the national finals.

In October 2016, Jinan, one of the country's six sub-regions, welcomed more than 20 contestants from all over the country in the China trials of the 2017 World Coffee Brewing Competition. Yaxin also filled in the application form.

"from Hohhot to Beijing, from Qingdao to Jinan, as long as I know a teacher who is particularly good at making coffee, I will take a holiday to study." Yaxin says he hopes he can be good enough in the field of "brewing".

For this young man who is obsessed with coffee, there is only skill in the game of brewing coffee. Perhaps, it is precisely because of this strength, Yaxin finally won the first place in Jinan Division. On March 28 this year, he will go to Shanghai to participate in the national finals. "the champion can get a 'ticket' to participate in the world competition." Yaxin said.

When the reporter was puzzled by Yaxin's obsession with the game, Yaxin's sentence, "I hope to brew the cup of coffee that suits him best for different people," suddenly made the reporter understand the reason why this college student is obsessed with brewing coffee.

"Coffee is also a craft, and it also requires the spirit of a craftsman." Yaxin said. At present, the state has cancelled the qualification of "barista", which he thinks is a good thing for those who want to make coffee a career, which means that more delicious coffee and better coffee concepts will enter China.

In his view, drinking coffee is a fashion now, but most people do not know how to drink coffee. From the origin of coffee beans to the roasting of coffee beans, from research to brewing, every step will affect the flavor of coffee. "in fact, there are about four basic flavors of coffee, that is, sour, sweet, bitter and miscellaneous." Yaxin said he always wanted to have a cafe of his own, chat with every guest in the store, and then make a cup of coffee suitable for his current state.

He hopes to change the impression that people always associate "hand-made coffee" with "bitter", or with some coffee chains, because coffee also has personality. Plan C to apply for interest-free loans for college students to make their dreams come true five years ahead of schedule.

"the cafe that is being planned now is actually a coincidence." Speaking of the store that plans to open this year, Yaxin smiled a tired smile on his face. Since the end of last year, Yaxin and his girlfriend Zhang Xinyu, who also loved coffee, met the shop on the campus of Shanxi University, which was ready to rent, and resolutely advanced their dream of opening a coffee shop five years earlier. Since then, the two young men have been busy with "5 years 2" and "white plus black".

"from the first day I learned to brew coffee, I had a dream of opening a coffee shop. according to the plan, maybe not now. Since we met the right store, my girlfriend and I decided to open the shop according to our common dream. We are going to open a shop that 'spreads coffee culture'."

Yaxin said the store will not serve meals, but will serve coffee beans from all over the world, as well as special drinks related to coffee.

However, it is easy to make a decision, but it is by no means easy to turn it into a reality.

Money is a big problem. "We are both children of ordinary families, and our parents can give us limited help. We have taken out all the money we have saved from working." Some of the funds are also being prepared to be obtained by applying for interest-free loans to support college students' entrepreneurship, Mr. Yaxin said.

Yaxin and his girlfriend said frankly that when dreams come into reality, there are many things to learn to compromise. At this point, the two young people with a "coffee dream" firmly added: "for us, to do a coffee-related career, many of the choices we make are temporary compromises rather than giving up forever." We will use our own efforts to make our dreams come true. "

At present, the two are going through the formalities such as a business license for opening the shop. They named the cafe "Concrete Jungle coffee" (cement Forest Coffee). "this comes from a song by the singer 'reggae' that we all like very much, and it is also what we want to express. We work in high-rise buildings made of steel and concrete, and we hope that people who walk into our shop can drink their own coffee. As a result, you can feel like walking into your own forest and being able to breathe freely. "