[27-year-old Romance] Blue and White porcelain sigh at the "halfway Coffee" shop is unhappy. Please eat dried pineapple.

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There was a cup of endless life here, a bunch of cups used in childhood teahouses there, a gold-rimmed cup with Pan Jinlian painted on it, all the tea sets from the 1970s and 1980s, and a "Half-way Coffee" suddenly appeared in Sheung Wan. Nearly four months after its opening, many local and foreign guests have come to admire it, and online social platforms also have photos of guests holding Chinese teacups and drinking coffee. Opening a coffee shop may be the wish of coffee enthusiasts, but in this era of "camera eating first", can coffee culture only attract customers by selling?

There are more than 100 Chinese teacups in the shop, thinking that the boss must be an old man, but it is a 27-year-old young man Cui Zikang (Tommy). Tommy, a graduate of the Chinese Cuisine Institute, describes his sudden love of coffee as "God pushing ghosts","because the Chinese kitchen is very hot and it makes my back hot." Later he moved to the western restaurant water bar work,"there is a coffee machine, but no one taught me how to brew, vacation will go to the coffee shop, peep at others brew coffee." Seven years ago, he switched to coffee shop work, during which time he helped friends open shops such as Common Ground in Central and Just Cafe in Wan Chai, but he always wanted to own his own shop until April this year.

Chinese tea cup decompression a cup a story

Chinese tea cups, collected by coffee makers, turned out to be the secret recipe for making themselves happy. "Buying a cup can relieve my stress, wandering around alone, stopping when I see a cup I like, and then buying it back to enjoy it carefully." Many people are attracted by the Chinese-style cup of Half-way Coffee. When everyone is shooting Wanshou, his favorite is another "cup". He put the cup under the lamp, just like when his mother took the egg as a child, the cup appeared a little bit of shiny rice. "This is Jingdezhen's 'Blue and White Exquisite Mitong', my first collection of Chinese cups, the texture is transparent, under the lamp you can enjoy the workmanship and texture. We use it for espresso. Drink up. A guest said that his mother-in-law had such a cup at home, which reminded him of it."

A wide variety of Chinese tea cups, each with a story, most bought from Morro Street, Sheung Wan, Yuen Long, Sai Kung and Sham Shui Po, sellers are elderly. "another one i like very much is the 'kirin' which i bought from an old lady in jordan. She wrapped it so beautifully in newspaper that I was afraid I might break it." Later, his mother-in-law found out that he used it to open a coffee shop, and asked him to move other stocks at home. "But when I went back, the gear had changed to the phone shop, and Grandma had passed." Tommy says he remembers exactly where each cup came from, and he likes to share stories about buying cups if the store isn't too busy.

Special Happy Food

It rained heavily on the day of the visit, and the reporter kept dripping when he walked into the coffee halfway. At this time, Tommy handed warm water and tissues."I attach importance to the community and hope that every guest is happy and at ease." For example, sometimes when a guest doesn't have an umbrella, we lend him one." There are several umbrellas in the shop, and you can borrow them as long as you leave your name."At present, there are really some borrowed and returned!" To make guests happy, the cafe also posted a map of Sheung Wan on the wall, and staff were happy to recommend tourist spots in the area. They even specially named "Happy Food" dried pineapple and watermelon,"see friends or unhappy people will invite them to eat, usually they will smile, probably because of sugar bar!" He said that he had met a female customer with a sad face, that is, a piece of "Happy Food" with coffee, he secretly told reporters that this is his previous method of chasing girls.

After seven years of hard work, the coffee quality cannot be ignored. To make a good cup of coffee, it depends on the coarse and fine coffee beans, the amount, the pressure of powder, etc. For this reason, Tommy not only sawed off the bottom of the coffee handle, but also observed the coffee flow rate and color to maintain the level. He even insisted on using the Italian drawbar machine, which is rare in Hong Kong."The coffee machine is hand-made by an Italian master, and the coffee product is thicker and smoother. Some coffee aficionados get excited when they come and talk about it." Tommy laughs about using a drawbar coffee machine and making gyms every day because he has to pull hard for every cup of coffee. "The most profound thing is that foreigners say that drinking to their hometown tastes." Tommy wants guests to put down their phones and "look up at the decor and design, and talk to the staff, or have a new experience."

Halfway Coffee

12 Sheung Wan East Street

Business Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.(Closed on Wednesdays)

There are more than 100 Chinese tea cups in the shop, among which Tommy loves Jingdezhen's "Blue and White Linglong Rice Tong", which is placed under the light to become a work of art.

Tommy opened a "Halfway Coffee" in Sheung Wan in April this year. He chose Sheung Wan because of the emotional knot between living and working here in the past.

Pan Jinlian is painted on the cup with wide color, with gold lacquer cup edge, only two in the whole shop.

The coffee in the shop is very good, Latte milk foam is smooth, coffee taste is strong, not bitter or sour.$ 38

Tommy insists on using an open-bottomed portafilter,"We're going to watch the coffee flow and color, keep it level."

He once jogged in Sheung Wan every day. Knowing that his neighbours needed a rest halfway through their journey, he set up a bench outside the shop for them to rest.

"Happy Food" dried pineapple, looks like sunflower, eat sweet smoke tough.

A map was posted on the wall."We'd love to be your information desk and recommend places worth visiting nearby."