The second runner-up in the MBA self-study Coffee Competition rushed out of 4 The Cupping Room rooms.

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It is said that today's Hong Kong has become a place where dreams have been erased, and life is forced so that we don't even have time to think about it, but after knowing the protagonist of this issue, Derek Chiu, the owner of The Cupping Room, a popular coffee shop in four cities, it will make you look forward to chasing your dream. It feels like walking into a coffee shop in the inner street of his favorite location, not affected by the external environment, just for a cup of coffee. "in fact, I worked as an office boy for five years after graduation. At that time, I felt that the reward for my hard work was only money, but I didn't get a sense of satisfaction and time, so I went to the University of Michigan to study the changing environment of business administration. I didn't expect that because of the Blue Bottle (American boutique coffee chain) downstairs at that time, I liked boutique coffee and discovered my enthusiasm for coffee." The dream of baristas even led Derek to give up his intern job with a monthly salary of five figure dollars and spent two years teaching himself to make coffee. At the end of 12 years, he opened the first The Cupping Room,'14 to Italy to participate in the World Barista Competition (World Barista Championship) and won the second place, which became the best performance record for Chinese in the event at that time (& # 39t16 was broken by the Taiwan champion). "the biggest difficulty was when I opened the first branch, because I was no longer able to make coffee, cook, wash dishes, and count everything, while maintaining the quality of coffee and interacting with customers. fortunately, later, my knowledge was balanced and decentralized, and I stepped back to train a team. But I still go to different branches to make coffee every day." More coffee classics and business methods, pay attention to the film.