Attacking Deaf Barista: advance to the quarterfinals in the first Open

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There is a coffee shop where more than half of the staff are deaf. Gigi, the owner's wife, even believes that jobs are deaf and healthy, and hopes that deaf people will not underestimate themselves: "I want them to know that deaf people can also work as hearing people!" I don't want them to always say: I want to wash the dishes, wipe the floor and take out the garbage when they see the working hours. " Gigi is not empty talk. She signed up for Ah Liang and another hard of hearing barista, Zita, to participate in the open competition of hand coffee last Saturday. As a result, A Liang put aside her deaf identity last Saturday, competed with local experts in professional skills, and eliminated two rounds of contestants and entered the quarterfinals.

Picking beans is an important step in hand-brewing coffee, which must be very focused.

On the day of the competition, Gigi specially invited a sign language interpreter to help A Liang, so that she could understand the arrangements of the meeting and the immediate fine-tuning of her boss Weilun. It turns out that the baking degree of coffee beans practiced on weekdays will be different from those used in the competition, and their water temperature and cooking time need to be adjusted. In the face of high pressure and tense environment, A Liang stared at the sign language interpreter and Weilun's sign language and body language. Determine the adjustment content and then set foot on the battlefield.

Special training started seven months ago, A Liang made more than ten cups a day.

Taking part in an open competition for the first time, in the face of many industry experts and judges, A Liang admitted that he was nervous: "I always count the time and think about all the steps, and I get nervous, but remind myself to focus and take steps step by step." But the most nervous is not A Liang, but the boss and his wife standing opposite the competition area. "that kind of mood is that my heart is beating all the time, and I am more nervous than my husband in the competition." Gigi said. Nervousness is inevitable because every tiny step from bean selection, checking tools, water temperature to coffee brewing has to be meticulous, for example, squeezing the air with a pressure cylinder to extract clean, impurity-free coffee, you have to be careful: if you squeeze too much, there will be impurities; if you do not have enough water, you may be disqualified from the competition.

The finished product should be scored by the guest.

Boss Weilun has competition experience, he expects A Liang to have a "sense of hunger" for the game, require zero defects and play steadily, do not hold the mentality of being interested in participation, and do not look down on himself. He regards Ah Liang as an ordinary person rather than a deaf person, and his level needs to reach a professional level. He usually rushes to the same taste after a hundred or a thousand exercises. The practice is like this, the competition is like this, "I don't want her to drink the best in the game, I want her to drink just as well every time." When the boss takes up the role of "devil coach", the landlady plays a "soft role", encouraging and greeting from the side.

On the day of the competition, A Liang showed his strength under many masters.

As a matter of fact, A Liang began his special training seven months ago. Apart from using body language and words to understand, the rest depended on A Liang's strongest observation and wrote down his boss's personal demonstration. The boss requires her to practice at least 10 times a day, and the finished product must be graded to the guest. The purpose is to make her adapt to the pressure of the masses and break through the psychological barrier. Gigi even offers discounts directly in the store to attract customers and let them keep rushing. On the day of the game, everyone found that A Liang could not hear the voice but an advantage, more calm and focused than others, not disturbed by the external environment.

The boss and his wife on the sidelines looked nervous and kept looking at Ah Liang.

Although the final eight stopped in the end, they showed their strength under the opportunity of open competition, proving that the deaf can be very professional without losing. The first thing I want to say after the game is to thank my boss for his support: "I didn't have much confidence, but my boss encouraged and cared about me and often asked me to sleep better and prepare me well for the game. I really appreciate them."

The judges are testing the taste.

Deaf people are usually responsible for grass-roots work, and employers may not spend additional resources on training them, making it difficult for them to have opportunities for promotion and have no long-term career planning to speak of. If one more boss is willing to give it a chance, there may be one more coffee master, or even one more artist or entrepreneur.

After learning that Ah Liang was promoted, the air cheers all hugged him excitedly.