Nordic Coffee Travel Notes (4) Why do coffee chains have no advantage in Nordic?
For professional baristas, please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style)
"Welcome to Gothenburg! It's our turn to be your guide. " It takes only three hours to get to Sweden's second largest city by bus from Oslo. We were received by Harry and Johanna, Swedish college students who had studied in Hong Kong for half a year. During their stay in Norway, the two enthusiasts have followed me around, including bakeries and warehouses where old friends are not open to the public.
Gothenburg, located in western Sweden, is a vibrant city. In addition to the large number of colleges and universities, hundreds of thousands of tourists visit various exhibitions every year. Better known include the Gothenburg International Film Festival (Goteborg International Film Festival), the Book Fair (Gothenburg Book Fair), the International Science Festival (The International Science Festival in Gothenburg) and the summer music festival.
"where there is a university, there is a cafe." Gothenburg is no exception. In the early days of business, I bought beans and tasted them in koppi, a coffee shop in Stockholm, Sweden. Today, the shopkeeper Anne has become a Nordic boutique coffee celebrity. Da Matteo, who had a good time with her, was our first stop.
Free chairs outdoors?
From the street, the Da Matteo main store in Magasinsgatan looks like a single-story warehouse. The open space at the door, although it is a parking space, will be occupied by outdoor seats in summer. The coffee shop, fried bean machine, cup testing room and bakery here have no solid wall partition, and the bar material is also made of logs, which feels fashionable and natural. In Hong Kong, where the licensing system for restaurants is extremely stringent, it will not be up to standard. Do you want to put chairs freely outdoors? It's almost delusional. But then again, the so-called outdoors in Hong Kong: looking up at the mansion, densely populated, the shrill sound of bus brakes. Where can I drink it when I buy takeout?
Patrik, the roaster, has tried the coffee fried by the author in the "handletter" brought back from Harry. Although I am a new acquaintance, I already have a general impression of the baking style in Hong Kong. It turns out that the biggest challenge for the Swedish industry, like ours, is to make the public distinguish between high-quality goods and commercial products. There are many local coffee shops, but most of them are just fika (similar to tea break during work).
The lease is based on 10 years.
The shop I visited after that made the author feel more deeply.
Kale'i kaffebar is located in a residential area. In an inconspicuous atrium surrounded by private houses, a stone alley led to the white gate. The whole store is like a studio: a cookie cabinet, an Italian coffee maker. The beans in this shop are the work of my old friend Kafferostare (Swedish translation for baker) Per Nordby. The girl who did not know whether it was the boss or the shop assistant curled up to read on the comb, and all afternoon, only a few of us patronized. Johanna explains that unlike Hong Kong, Sweden's business environment is more stable than ours: apart from cheap rents, local leases are based on 10 years, so entrepreneurs have plenty of time to build their brands.
No wonder chain stores have no advantage in northern Europe.
Important Notice :
前街咖啡 FrontStreet Coffee has moved to new addredd:
FrontStreet Coffee Address: 315,Donghua East Road,GuangZhou
Tel:020 38364473
- Prev
Nordic Coffee Roasting Style and Coffee Sales
Professional barista exchanges, please pay attention to coffee workshop (Weixin Official Accounts cafe_style ) If fried deeply (bitter) and lightly (sour) are used as the poles of coffee taste spectrum, traditional Italian Roast will undoubtedly occupy one side (Note: French Roast and Vienna Roast, which are charred, are rare). As for the very shallow baking
- Next
Nordic Coffee travels (5) Nordic baristas exercise themselves without being polluted by fame and wealth
On the second day after returning from Gothenburg to Norway, we were invited to Kaffebrenneriet headquarters to design specialty drinks (signature drink) for the two contestants who are preparing for the Norwegian barista competition. The old red brick house in the Grnland district of Oslo was formerly a fire station. When the small and medium parts
Related
- Unbelievable! Lucky's "Frozen Coconut Eggs" look at migrant workers!
- "Boy Pee Eggs American" sells 100 cups daily?! Shop assistant: Sales have been discontinued
- Does the coffee steaming time start after the water is poured or when the water is poured? Is it 30 seconds or 60 seconds to steam hand-brewed coffee?
- A complete list of coffee varieties names/How many varieties of hand-brewed coffee are there? What are the differences in the flavor characteristics of different coffee varieties?
- Nanny level tutorial on the correct way to brew cold extract coffee! How long does it take to brew cold coffee and what grind ratio?
- Is the world's top coffee rose summer suitable for making Italian latte espresso? What proportion parameters do I need to use to make American coffee with Rose Summer?
- Share tips on how to inject vertical water from hand-brewed coffee! What are the practice methods for making coffee by hand and injecting water in circles?
- World Coffee Brewing Competition champion variable temperature brewing parameters and methods to share! What proportion of water temperature should be used to grind the rose summer fragrance brewing method?
- What is the difference between the world's three major coffee varieties, Robusta and Arabica? What is the relationship between Rose Summer Iron Pika and Arabica?
- What is the difference between Italian American coffee and Long Black? Do Americano American coffee pour water first or concentrate first?