"World Bean Baking Champion: Lai Yuquan" becomes a romantic fool to create personal coffee taste!

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After the first place in the World Coffee Bean Baking Competition was announced in 2014, Lai Yuquan shouted excitedly: I am from Taiwan.

Jacky Wu, from Ilan, Taiwan, modestly says that he is not enough to represent Taiwan, but can only say that he is from Taiwan. With such humility, he has a great enthusiasm and dream for coffee. Today's achievements are not within reach, but rely on a sense of foolishness and self-training. In the field of coffee baking beans, he has worked hard for 13 years!

Lai Yuquan's life was not plain sailing. In the year when the university list was released, he was the only one in the class who failed.

Then he went back to Yunlin and became familiar with coffee after working part-time and studying in a coffee shop in Gukeng when he was in college. When he graduated at the age of 22, because of the boss's appreciation and trust, he took on the responsibility of the store manager, and at this time he could see Lai Yuquan's persistence and efforts for what he loved.

Visit the baked bean master and be affirmed.

He accidentally drank coffee master George. The coffee beans baked by George Howell had a great impact in his coffee world and decided to fly to the United States for a pilgrimage visit and took great pains to meet the master himself. Lai Yuquan, who was unknown at that time, modestly said that he was not a coffee industry, but a coffee fan. However, George, the master of coffee, never expected that he would take him for a cup test.

After a round of cup testing, George was surprised that Lai Yuquan did not have any cup test experience, and the result of the cup test was "the same as his." This made Lai Yuquan find that he had a keen sense of smell and taste, which allowed him to have a perfect interpretation of the coffee flavor, which made him more determined to continue to develop towards the coffee industry.

The interpreter of baked beans.

The bean baker plays a key role in determining how coffee presents its flavor. Just like translation, different people will have different styles of interpretation.

As a matter of fact, picking beans before baking is a basic skill that coffee bakers must have, and it can be said to have a great impact if they are not done well. When Lai Yuquan studied coffee in his early days, he had to pick at least four hours before he began to bake beans. Coffee changes rapidly and must rely on a lot of practice, observing changes and recording data.

Ranked at the bottom and became the world champion of baked beans.

In 2013, he first challenged the WCE World Cup baked beans, but only failed to achieve the expected results in the Taiwan Division. Relying on perseverance, enthusiasm and unremitting efforts, Lai Yuquan regards failure as a nutrient. He challenged again the next year (2014), and after a long period of hard training, he advanced to Italy, where the Bean Baking World Championship was held that year, breaking the record that had always been dominated by Europe and the United States, and became the first Taiwanese to win the championship in this international event.

WCE World Cup Bean Baking Competition won the championship (Photo: cafehop)

Lai Yuquan's Coffee career

Lai Yuquan is from Ilan, but his first coffee shop chose to open in Kaohsiung, just because he has a passion for this place. The coffee shop is located in the port of Qijin. Five years ago, it was not favored by many people, but today, five years later, he has created his own coffee group!

Caf'e wakes up naturally-Lai Yuquan's first store

Caf'e Natural awakening is positioned as a brunch restaurant serving fine coffee, and it has accumulated a certain popularity in Kaohsiung. Lai Yu, who has the professional right of coffee, is not careless about the quality of meals, emphasizing the use of natural food as a health food. The store is decorated with fruit green as the main color, giving people a comfortable and lazy feeling.

Founded year: 2011

Caf'e wakes up naturally (photo source: nigi33kimo)

Hold Coffee-- grasp New Business opportunities for takeout

Another coffee brand dominated by Lai Yuquan, OHQ Cafe, mainly promotes take-out coffee and enjoys high-quality coffee at affordable prices, followed by boutique coffee beans and coffee earbags. The main store is just opposite the ferry station in Gushan, Kaohsiung, and there is also a branch in Jinshan, Hsinchu.

Kachefen Coffee-- Building a New Brand of Catering

COACHEF is a cultural catering business composed of Lai Yuquan and his different professional partners, and he serves as the director of coffee taste. Cachefen firmly believes that coffee, like music, is a condiment of life. In addition to course training and entrepreneurial tutoring, it has also set a precedent for sharing cultural resources.

One after another in Taichung Taiwan Avenue, Donggang ferry bow, Sinosteel Group Guild Hall and Taoyuan Cihu … Open a branch of Kachefen and other places.

Founding year: 2014

The first Dagang Cup Coffee Baking Exchange Competition

Lai Yuquan played an important role in the first Dagang Cup Coffee Baking Exchange Competition held at the end of April this year (2016). He has been working with roasters in Kaohsiung for a long time to hold a world-class coffee competition in Kaohsiung with the aim of promoting exchanges between Taiwan coffee manufacturers and consumers. Attract many friends to come to participate in the event, the popularity is known as signing up for the second kill class.

People who make coffee are romantic fools.

"if you don't have love, you can't get to the top of this.

Because you're not crazy enough, you can't be 100% into it. "

Lai Yuquan's 2015 book, when fate wants me to be a Wolf, describes his experiences and values along the way.

"jointly building the coffee taste of Taiwanese" is Lai Yu-Quan's biggest dream in his life. He works hard in his own coffee industry with a persistent spirit and works together with his partners to create a blue sky. The halo of the world champion has indeed greatly increased Lai Yuquan's knowledge. however, behind his success, Lai Yuquan relies on his philosophy of life and perseverance.