What do you want to do when you change careers? They came to learn to start a coffee business.

Mingxin University of Science and Technology offers a "Coffee Talent Entrepreneurship training course", with more than 20 students from various industries to learn relevant knowledge and cultivate their second expertise. (still photo by Zhuang Huan)

Mingxin University of Science and Technology offers a "Coffee Talent Entrepreneurship training course", with more than 20 students from various industries to learn relevant knowledge and cultivate their second expertise. (still photo by Zhuang Huan)

The trainee Minfang clothing industry has been in the clothing industry for many years, and there are plans to open a composite store in the future, combining coffee and clothing to increase creativity and temperature. (still photo by Zhuang Huan)

Lu Fang-Chen, who used to be an engineer, left the workplace for the sake of her children. She considered starting a business and taking care of her family and career. She would soon get started, and she could pull out the Hello Kitty. (still photo by Zhuang Huan)

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Coffee fragrance helps waiters start their own businesses! Mingxin University of Science and Technology in Hsinchu County undertakes this year's vocational training program for the unemployed in the Hsinchu County government, offering a "training course on Coffee Entrepreneurship." many students from the science and technology industry and preschool education expected to cultivate their second expertise, and on the 9th they tried their learning results and held bazaars, from coffee to sales.

Tsai Po-Kai, a lecturer in the hotel department of Mingxin University of Science and Technology, who is in charge of the course, has majored in mixing drinks and coffee. He found that many of the students were originally operators who came to participate because they were interested in starting a business and coffee. Tsai Po-Kai also said that the threshold for starting a business in coffee-related industries is relatively low, but it also needs to be unique in order to operate for a long time.

The training course includes basic coffee understanding, blending, catering service, cake decoration, as well as cost pricing, industry culture, etc., as well as labor safety and health laws and regulations. all in the course content, more than 20 students are required to attend a 360-hour course.

Lu Fangyi, a former engineer, chose to resign to become a full-time mother because of giving birth eight years ago. She raised two children, aged 8 and 5, on one hand. Considering that the eldest was already in primary school, she should be able to return to the workplace for challenges, but found that there was a gap in the original field of work. And if it is difficult to take care of the children in the original work field, and if it is difficult to take care of the children and is interested in coffee, they will learn the second specialty. If they start business in the future, they will be better able to match the time for their children to attend and leave classes. Flexible adjustment of working hours.

Another student, Min Fang, has been involved in the clothing industry for a long time. She finds that there is a lot of competition in the clothing industry today. She hopes to increase the time that customers stay in the store through the aroma of coffee. In the future, she will also consider changing to a compound operation, in addition to improving herself, and creating added value for her own business. Li Qiufen, a former student in the preschool education industry, is already engaged in baking beans and is ready to open a shop with the assistance of the course teacher. Tsai said that in addition to training students to start their own businesses, students are also expected to work in coffee, catering, and other related industries, including coffee brewing, business, and catering services.