Ubiquitous Coffee Lab and Coffee Culture _ I just want a cup of coffee

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The women lit a charcoal fire at the small table, and the coffee beans on the small pan crackled one by one, and white smoke sprang up. When the beans are black and bright, the women skillfully pour the hot beans into a large bowl, mash the beans into powder with a wooden pestle, then pour the coffee powder which is still hot into a clay pot like an oil pot, add cold water and cook it on a charcoal fire. Five minutes later, the woman stuffed the outlet of the oil kettle with some collision-proof paper laid on the lower layer when we bought fruit as a filter, and then poured the coffee into a small cup.

This is Ethiopian coffee. What could be more cultural than drinking coffee in the country of origin and ancient civilization?

This ritual of roasting, grinding, cooking and drinking has a history of thousands of years in Ethiopia. Whenever you finish eating at a restaurant in a small town in Ethiopia, you will have a cup of coffee like this. For a long time, it became a ritual. The coffee ceremony ceremony is part of Ethiopian life, and it takes 20 minutes to wait for a cup of freshly baked coffee after three meals. After drinking rich coffee with dregs, it is the perfect end of a meal.

Paintings of coffee rituals (coffee ceremony) are often seen in Ethiopia.

Everyone talked about the weather, current affairs and politics, and the country's leaping future. No one cares whether this cup of coffee is Yega Xuefei or Sidamo, washed or insolated, deep-roasted or lightly roasted, and no one will plausibly say, "Coffee can't be roasted and ground and boiled, it's only dry." Coffee is a must, not a focus. In the country of coffee, there is no pressure to drink coffee, and there is no disdain for baristas to see someone with sugar and milk.

Drinking coffee is originally a very relaxed and enjoyable thing. Coffee break, doesn't it mean that the time of this cup of coffee can be temporarily cut off from annoying stress and anxiety? When I used to go to a cafe, I just sat down and said: American style, Cabo, latte, coffee will be on the table in about ten minutes. Now go to the cafe, sit down, and get the menu equivalent to looking at the wine list: the sun bourbon has a bright citrus taste, Kenya AA has malt acid. Usually after ordering the so-called "boutique coffee" menu, the time will slip away, and the brain will be hollowed out for a while by the literal words just now. When the coffee is served, you have to pretend with your friends like tasting red wine and say, "Yeah, it's so fruity."

Since boutique coffee began to be popular in China, I sometimes feel that going to a cafe is a very tiring thing. Want to gossip about the lack of nutrition, but there are always people who want to discuss the roasting and cooking of coffee. Now people who go to boutique cafes are more likely to go on a pilgrimage to experience the craftsmanship of the world's number one barista and to taste the coffee flavor of winning the first prize. Drinking coffee becomes learning.

I believe that many coffee lovers have been fascinated by the book "ESPRESSO Italian Coffee Lab" and have found it incredible to do all kinds of experiments on coffee so scientifically and accurately. But now, the whole city is full of coffee labs, and cafes not only have to be stylish and stylish, but also boast of their own baking, and do everything on their own, except to grow their own-Oh, they may even go to the mountains of Yunnan to claim some coffee trees. Everyone studies coffee, but coffee is becoming more and more unfathomable. From the cafes in CBD to the mountains and forests in Xishuangbanna, drinking coffee is not only a national movement, but also a credit for national studies.

Every product has its own story and knowledge, and coffee is no exception. However, most of the time, guests may just want to have a cup of coffee and tell cold jokes about 543 with friends, rather than sharing them on Wechat moments through their mobile phones: today's rosy summer tastes so bright. As cafes in China become more professional, the relationship between people is becoming more and more alienated. People who don't like going to cafes may be because they can't stand the test of coffee and the crowded atmosphere of alienation.

In the past, cafes were good places to see people and be seen.

Every time I pass by a super exquisite boutique cafe, it makes people look forward to a small town in Italy. As long as you stand at the bar and set up an euro, you can have a cup of coffee immediately. The clanking sound of cups and plates and the sharp sound of conversation are not only the smell of ordinary life, but also the smell of instant relaxation.

I want to stay in the coffee life circle, not the coffee lab.

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