Two bottles of coffee (1)

Two years ago, I knew nothing about coffee. The first time I drank coffee was on the automatic coffee machine in the lobby of the teaching building with my friends. We put two one-dollar coins into it like a game, and then pressed a few buttons. As a result, she came out with a cup of sweet milk coffee. And I, because I chose the "original flavor", came out with a cup of bitter black water. In the end, I snatched up her cup. Then we clenched our teeth and shared the cup of bitterness together, and the only impression I had at that time was that some good friends could not "share" only "joys and sorrows".

In my last year of college, I accidentally walked into a coffee shop, not an ordinary coffee shop, but a coffee shop that pursues perfection and authentic taste everywhere. So coffee began to come into my life, and I also began to enter the world of coffee. From the beginning of unaccustomed to step-by-step habit of understanding, slowly began to be attracted by her charm, to now coffee has infiltrated into my bones and blood-I have fallen in love with coffee can not do without coffee. During the more than a year of working in the coffee shop, the people I came into contact with and the things I experienced made me keep thinking about some problems, some problems related to coffee.

For more than a year, I have met some coffee lovers like me, as well as some seniors with rich experience and persistent spirit. however, the ones who have the most contact are those who are interested in coffee but still have a perceptual level who are eager to know about coffee but are confused by all kinds of magazines and books and those who are confused by others. There are also many friends who are dismissive of coffee and regard it as a "petty bourgeoisie" drink worshiping foreigners and healthy friends who talk about caffeine. I love coffee, and of course I hope that there are many people who love coffee and the vast world it contains, but I don't want coffee to be misinterpreted as a status symbol of "high taste" and "sentiment". Nor do I want coffee to be misinterpreted as a useless foreign "exotic". It is often seen that some compatriots are embarrassed by the waiter's order when they meet foreign friends in the coffee shop: "Miss, how much is a bowl of coffee in your house?" "waiter, give me a latte! No milk! " Others are door-to-door connoisseurs, "I want a cup of Blue Mountain!" "Sorry, we don't have Blue Mountain Coffee."No way! I only drink Blue Mountain! The Blue Mountain Coffee at so-and-so is authentic, not bitter at all! " We are really unable to argue in the face of such a guest. I also met some friends who "tasted" a small spoon of coffee with a spoon, while others ordered a cup of Italian concentrate and then asked for a large cup of boiled water to drink. Yes, maybe we don't need to know deeply about this Western drink that is not delicious, but when it enters our life, work, social, business and other fields, we should know some basic etiquette. Let's take a look at the performance of our colleagues in the industry who play a guiding role to the public to a large extent. There is a boss in Qingdao who boasts that his coffee beans are of good quality: "our beans are authentic Yunnan Lanshan coffee! the quality is absolutely first-class!" During a trip to Hangzhou, in the West Lake in Hangzhou, I hopefully entered a newly opened British coffee chain. Unexpectedly, the barista did not even know what brand his machine was. I was disappointed and hopefully entered an authentic Italian coffee chain. As a result, I was even more shocked that the store manager was allergic to coffee and could only drink one cup a day. Ask her why she is allergic. She said that even though people in the industry can't stand the bitter taste of Espresso, how can they expect ordinary consumers to really understand and accept it? In fact, coffee and our tea have a profound historical and cultural background, only one represents the West and the other comes from the East. There is a good saying: what is national is what belongs to the world. We are proud to carry forward our tea culture, become famous overseas, and share it with our compatriots all over the world. At the same time, we should also absorb the essence of western coffee culture for our own use. This absorption is not just blind worship, nor scorn, disapproval. But an open and peaceful state of mind to understand it and something related to it. And our coffee industry, also need to have a basic objective understanding of coffee to form our own characteristics, not just follow the gourd or even draw a ladle. Coffee is a door through which we can open a bigger new world.

The reason why I love coffee so deeply is not just because of her visual and sensory enjoyment and inspiration. The word "coffee" seems simple, but it actually contains too much. I have asked myself countless times: what is coffee?

What's coffee?

Coffee is a black bitter water with an amber luster.

Coffee is a green plant that can bear cherry-like fruit.

Coffee is the number two person in the international futures market after oil.

Coffee is hard beans condensed from coffee farmers' beads of sweat and fertile soil.

Coffee is the perfect taste that can only be achieved by the perfect tacit understanding between the roaster and the barista.

Coffee is a history book, from the fields of Ethiopia to the mysterious Kingdom of Yemen, from the Turkish Empire to medieval Europe, from the powerful ships of England, Holland and Spain to the vast Latin American colonies. The history of the spread of coffee hides accusations of blood and tears.

Coffee is a kind of culture, which has both cosmopolitan and distinct national character. Coffee is a red note jumping in the fast-paced life of Italians, the Starbucks-style freedom and romance pursued by the younger generation in the United States, and another kind of devotion by the Japanese outside the tea ceremony.

Coffee is a delicate microcosm of infinite space: a city, a street, a house, a table, a book, a cup of coffee.

Coffee is a three-dimensional aesthetic world with words, music and pictures: maybe it's just a picture on the wall, maybe it's just a few groups of jumping notes in the air, or maybe it's enough to bring people satisfaction and emotion just because of a moving word on the pamphlet.

Coffee is a comprehensive feeling of sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing. A cup of coffee, from the curling aroma she emits in front of you, to the temptation of the amber liquid touched by her eyes, and the touch of the bitter and salty taste at the entrance, the sweet sound of the coffee cup and plate, as well as the impressionist pattern and the last hint of sweetness at the bottom of the cup after drinking the coffee Give us too much endless reverie.

More than a year of study, although always in a state of hunger, although every day to try to understand some new things, but for coffee, I am still only preliminary, there is still too much to learn. The love and focus on coffee can only grow with each passing day, and it is precisely because of this love and focus that I can't wait to like coffee, want to know about coffee, and even share coffee with friends who know nothing about coffee and have no interest in coffee. I share the spiritual world brought about by coffee. As for being lucky enough to meet a bosom friend to discuss coffee with me, and lucky to meet an elder master to advise me, although I have some fantasy, why not ask for it?

Next, I am going to sort out a little bit of knowledge about coffee that I have accumulated. The principle of sorting out is to make these words easier to understand on the basis of ensuring accuracy, and can bring a little more knowledge and interest to people. The master knows ten to talk about one, that "one" can bring countless inspiration to people, and I only know one, so I can only work hard to make this "one" performance more complete and perfect!