The flower-pulling champion, the hand-washing champion, the coffee shop? The 17-year-old barista has done it all!

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Think back to what you did when you were 14? Have you started fighting for your dreams? Or have you ever thought about what kind of road you want to take in the future?

What were you doing when you were 14? Let's take a look at the promotion process of this champion barista!

Do you believe that a 14-year-old, with the support of his family, his enthusiasm for making coffee / flowers and his own efforts, can achieve good results at the championship level in just three years? He also opened two Caf é at the foot of the mountain in Malaysia. Now let's get to know him.

Jeffrey Ang, Hong Yuankai, 17, from Malaysia

It has always been Jeffrey's mother's dream to open a coffee shop. After years of hard work, Jeffrey's mother finally opened a coffee shop of her own style. There is a picture of a son snuggling in his mother's arms on the piano, and there are happy smiles on their faces.

At first, Jeffrey's mother opened the cafe called Coffee Story. Jeffrey, who was only 14 years old at that time, just tried to make coffee and pull flowers with a "try" mentality, but then the staff suddenly resigned, and Jeffrey decided to help his mother run the cafe for the time being.

Mother Anna Ang, who has a fondness for coffee, also indirectly influenced her 14-year-old son Jeffrey Ang's enthusiasm for coffee. Slowly, Jeffrey found his interest and goal in the cafe, determined to do a good job in his interests-drawing flowers and making coffee, so he decided to drop out of school and stick to his interest until now. He participated in many National Open Coffee tournaments under the encouragement of his mother by watching youtube practice and assemble the network to communicate with others. In a short period of two years, he has won numerous awards.

The following awards are in recognition of the genius--

| | Brewing Coffee Competition Champion |

| | Eco World Latte Art Competition Champion |

| | Eco Sky Latte Art Competition Champion |

| | Latte Art Of The Year Champion |

| | The Coffee Tour Latte Art Champion |

| | Gurney Paragon Coffee Dessert Festival Latte Art Champion |

Here to take you to enjoy his works-in his social platform can see more pull flower / hand work, there are also pull flower movies from time to time!

Embossed tulip

Unicorns pull flowers

The mermaid pulled flowers

If you want to taste his craftsmanship, you can go to the following two cafes-

Coffee Story

No.2a, Tingkat Bawah Medan Seri Impian 2, Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang.

Memory Cafe

No.228, Jalan Gereja Permatang Tinggi, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.

Jeffrey also reported that he won the handbrew coffee competition last year.

The 16-year-old barista won the boutique coffee competition.

Won the 2017 Malaysia Open Group Coffee Brewing Champion at the age of 16. At that time, he was the youngest contestant in the game, so he quickly became famous in the coffee industry. A teenager under the age of 18 will inevitably become a legendary figure in the coffee industry and become famous because he can stand out among the masters with both rational and emotional creative techniques in every link of fine coffee. It is worth mentioning that Jeffrey only came into contact with hand-made coffee a month before the game, so he is really talented. Jeffrey, who turns 18 next year, will qualify for the national tournament and is willing to participate.

The key factor of making coffee is self-study "hand" online without a teacher.

However, when it comes to the future of the coffee industry, enthusiasm alone does not necessarily keep small bosses in line of business. Jeffrey said that the threshold of cafes is actually very high, people will spend money on good equipment and equipment. However, the boss stands every day and is responsible for cooking coffee, so it is very difficult for him to have the opportunity to invest in other high-value things. In order to give himself time to do other things, his coffee shop only operates in the afternoon.

When it comes to coffee, he shows a look of extraordinary concentration and seriousness, which is obviously beyond his age and shows his extraordinary understanding and exploration of the coffee world. He did not learn from the teacher, everything from the Internet and YouTube communication. He does not follow blindly, because there is a lot of information in the network that is wrong.

Jeffrey said that coffee from bean production to baking to brewing to the hands of customers, is a series of surprises, and baking is undoubtedly the key to the perfection of beans. Baking is not his specialty yet. However, he has the curiosity and innovation of a young man, so he is willing to face the challenge.

Jeffrey made it clear that winning the championship of hand-brewing coffee is his start, and if he wants to improve his coffee-making skills, he has to continue to compete in national and international competitions. The competition will be to improve their barista skills, in the proof of their ability, to participate in the competition is the best threshold.

Jeffrey says the "hand" is the key factor in making coffee. Jeffrey explained that although all the parameters before cooking can be set, if the hand is unstable, all the parameters will be invalidated. Unstable hands will lead to different amounts of water each time, and the results will be different. In addition to determining the amount of water injected each time, the number of times must also be calculated. these are the details that professional cooks will pay attention to.

"A cup of coffee always has his story, from the color of picking fresh coffee beans to the process of fermentation to break down sugar into lactic acid and aroma ester molecules, which will be a unique flavor in your mouth. It has fruity and sour taste, bitter chocolate taste and so on. "

Jeffrey said he did not regret his decision to put down his schoolbag and choose to start his own business, because he already had a goal and was content to do what he wanted to do. He is willing to share pure coffee and dream that the simple caf é can gain a foothold in every corner and promote coffee with his colleagues.

Ambition is not in the old age, no one stipulates what age group should do, as long as it is a legitimate career, but also your interest, your goal, then adhere to it will certainly have some achievements.

The editor hopes to share it with you through this inspirational story. Come on!

Source of article: jeffrey.barista, Sinorama

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