Is coffee with sugar really that Low? How do you stop guests from adding sugar to their coffee?

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As a barista, what do guests do to your coffee, do you get the most frustrated?

Pour in two packs of sugar without saying a word.

B. Disturb your flower pull quietly.

C. frown after a sip

Don't move until it gets cold.

The correct answer is:

A → B → D → C

Haha, I didn't expect it.

Ahem-it's just a little joke, don't take it seriously.

But seriously, as a barista, when guests get your coffee, they have to add sugar, so there are generally two possibilities: 1, your coffee is too bitter; 2, the sugar in your coffee shop is free. Of course, there is another possibility that he is used to adding sugar.

We can often hear baristas complain about the addition of sugar to their guests, especially when they order high-end coffee. But is coffee with sugar really that Low? For a person in the service industry, you can not add sugar yourself, but you should not deprive the guest of the right to add sugar.

What's wrong with sugar?

If you have to argue about the advantages and disadvantages of sugar on the human body, then this topic can be discussed for a long time. But today we are mainly talking about the effect of sugar on coffee.

From the seed of a coffee to the production of a cup of coffee, it takes many years, a lot of hands, and many stories. In our most popular concept of single coffee, each cup of coffee should have its own unique regional characteristics. This flavor is unique, from the variety of coffee, planting soil, fertilization, shading, altitude and temperature, to picking treatment, processing methods, and then to the roasters. Set the baking scheme with the best flavor, and the barista sets the appropriate cooking utensils and parameters according to the flavor performance of coffee beans. Each cup of coffee transmits the painstaking efforts and sweat of many labourers. For every flavor and aroma in their mouth, they spend countless thoughts and time before pouring the cup into the hands of the guests.

As soon as this bag of white granulated sugar is casually poured, it covers and drowns most of the efforts of our predecessors. it covers the original delicate flavor of coffee and destroys the delicate flavor balance, just like a sharp scream. I interrupted the performance of a wonderful note.

In the eyes of baristas, this cup of coffee is already perfect, and when guests add sugar, it becomes another drink.

Of course, this is just the story of baristas, so what about as consumers?

It is up to the guest to decide whether it is good or not.

It is often said that coffee is a science, while others say that coffee is an art. I agree with this sentence. But when we treat a cup of coffee as a work of art, we can easily understand the controversy: artists admire and admire the smile of the Mona Lisa, but as ordinary people, can you really imagine the artistic realm and distinguish the artistic elements?

Please forgive me for having little talent and learning, but I really don't know how to appreciate it.

Coffee, like art, food or music, is a preference and a very personal feeling. A lot of coffee is as beautiful as the Mona Lisa, but you have to know something about it before you can enjoy it. Like art, every kind of coffee has some universally appreciated characteristics. But in my opinion, what kind of coffee a guest likes depends entirely on his personal choice.

Is it really useful to dissuade guests from adding sugar?

I believe many baristas have explained to their guests that this cup of coffee is not bitter and does not need sugar, but in fact, if you pay close attention to it, you will find that it will not be of much use. Many people, they have never tasted black coffee without sugar or milk, but it is still sweet and delicious. Their impression of coffee is that coffee can only be sweet with sugar.

Life is depressing enough, why can't we have a cup of sweet coffee?

Baristas' job is to provide guests with a good cup of coffee, not to criticize their personal preferences.

So we really can't stop this behavior?

Of course not, even if it doesn't work, we still need to advise our guests to taste it before deciding whether to add sugar-just like adding salt to the soup.

And some secret weapons. In the face of some guests who often visit, but ask you to add a few bags of sugar for him every time, you can try to secretly put in a little less, a little less sugar at a time, so that you can get used to it slowly, and one day even if you forget to add sugar for him, he will still think that this cup of coffee is sweet enough-as long as your coffee is really not too bad.

Or, in the face of some strange guests, you can choose to hide the sugar in an inconspicuous place. When they ask you for candy, they all need to look for it like a hide-and-seek. Maybe some lazy people won't bother to add it. Ahem, of course, do not hide too much secret, some people really need to add sugar, or in a bad mood, this method will easily annoy them.

In the face of guests who need to add sugar to drink coffee, many baristas always have a pimple in their hearts, but work is work, and it is pointless to talk about the way other people enjoy coffee, even for professional barists. each of us will have our own unique standards and ways to taste coffee, such as like Italian style or hand brewing, there is no need for a chain of disdain at all.

We can insist on advising the guest to have a taste before adding sugar, but we should not deprive the guest of the right to choose to add sugar. Isn't it perfect to be able to let the guests come in and leave happily?