What would your ideal cafe look like? How to open a dream coffee shop?

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What does your ideal cafe look like and what conditions do you need? Is it a seclusion in the mountains and forests, a dream for a while, or is it a feast for the eyes with piles of designs, or is it just a good cup of coffee, a comfortable seat and a hospitable host?

The cafe is like a second home, or even a second office. So some people say that the cafe is the so-called third space, a buffer outside the home and the workplace. Interestingly, when people try to escape from the rigid cement country of efficiency, or even plan to go all the way, but still choose to go into a cafe and take a break for coffee, what is the purpose of experience or taste? In a pluralistic society, cafes are no longer just providing drinks, but also full of a variety of possible fields. Even people who don't like coffee may fall in love with cafes, which shows that this field, which is regarded as the "third space", must be more charming than coffee itself.

"Cafe" is probably one of the most popular keywords in the world in the past decade. It symbolizes a new model, a cultural symbol, and a very important social place in people's lives in this era. Modern people like to visit the mountains, forests and oceans, which is not only a pure land to broaden their minds with scenery, but also a way to return to nature and stay away from the hustle and bustle of reality. On the contrary, cafes pay great attention to human operation, where the crowds and human feelings gather. But not in the coffee shop by the mountains and seaside, but through people's presence, let us realize the absence of people in nature, and get the sublimation of beauty at the same time. In this space, we try to find the position of the heart, not only to look outside, but also to our own heart.

The cafe is warm and accompanying, it is always there, and we go to it and are kindly accepted; with fresh aroma, careful cooking, good music, courteous shop assistants, and a very different from family, colleagues, friends, just the right distance. That's why we all like cafes.

The title of the ideal cafe actually covers two levels: on the one hand, it refers to the cafe you like to go to; on the other hand, it insinuates that the overall style of this cafe happens to be the true reappearance of my dream [if one day I own a cafe]. So every time you have a cup of coffee in your favorite cafe, there is an illusion that you have that little dream that someone has already done for you.

The appearance of each cafe and that shop shows the "extreme of the ideal life" in the operator's mind, ranging from menu contents, books or magazines on bookshelves, music, to bathroom reminders (or warnings) notes. It seems that you can understand the shape or mental state of the boss. A good cafe is the epitome of the utopia in the boss's mind, the embodiment of his personality in space, and what he should look like when he wants to have a cup of coffee and waste some time. It also includes what he needs for light, smell, touch, hearing and so on in such a space.

There is an ideal coffee shop in everyone's heart, which at least represents his recognition and recognition of the cafe owner to some extent. It can be sensory experience, psychological feeling, and even the recognition of some emotions and the sustenance of dreams. Perhaps by nature, people always like to pursue things that are out of reach and are eager to conquer the places that are difficult to reach. So ideas can be discussed and argued and continued in cafes, so art can be presented and stimulated in cafes, so music can be heard in cafes for the first time, so revolutions can be planned and realized in cafes. Occasionally it's not refreshing coffee, but distracting alcohol. The atmosphere should be relaxed enough without pressure, and the table should be moderate in size, so that you can whisper or laugh and scold. The music doesn't have to be good, but it has to have its own personality, and the lights don't have to be bright, but there must be some kind of ambiguity.

In fact, the cafe is a very special field. Cafes are satisfied with more than just the pursuit of a good cup of coffee. A good cafe should give you more than a good cup of coffee. The stimulation in space, the mastery of atmosphere, the direction and content of music, and the cultural self. The choice of books, music, design and food all highlight the charm of the cafe, which is what makes us so dependent and fascinated by the cafe.

Sometimes, you need to read a book quietly; you want to talk about your ideals with your friends; you want to eat a piece of warm cake; you want to spend the afternoon listening to music; at these moments, there is always an ideal cafe waiting for you. Without the breeze of the Seine, unlike the romance of Paris, the flower capital, you still have a chance to find the cafe you have in mind and drink your own smell and scene with caffeine.

By the way, having said so much, I don't know what your ideal cafe looks like.

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