The definition of fine coffee! Is the coffee made from boutique coffee beans necessarily fine coffee?

The Japanese writer Haruki Murakami once wrote in his works: "sometimes the so-called life is nothing but the warmth of a cup of coffee." A cup of coffee, a book and a piece of music can make people find a kind of exquisite life again. If life also has a taste, then I hope its taste is the aroma of coffee, familiar and insipid, but can warm the heart. "

This is a legendary coffee shop once located at the intersection of Nanqing Mountain Watch Station in Tokyo, Japan-DAIBO Coffee, the favorite shop where Mr. Haruki Murakami lingers. We can often see the "figure" of Dafang coffee in his works.

Everything in the store has not changed since it opened in 1975. There is no special decoration or decoration in the store, only the smoke from the roasting of coffee beans, the mellow smell of coffee brewing, and a "less enthusiastic" boss-Mr. Dafang. Can become a writer linger in the love shop, not only because the store can give people the freedom to spend coffee time alone, but also because the boss shows the purity, so that the writer every visit, there are new life feelings.

Mr. Dafang spends five hours a day roasting the freshest coffee beans in a full-hand coffee roaster. He said frankly that this is a very hard thing, often struggling on the brink of giving up. But at the thought of everything in the store over the years, and the thought that every incoming guest would be satisfied with a cup of coffee made by himself, Mr. Dafang would immediately cheer up and stick to it.

There are not many kinds of coffee beans in the shop, all of which are deep-baked. The way of brewing coffee is also very simple, and most of them use flannel filter, which is unique and rare in Japan. No complicated ideas, just for the guests to flush out a cup of mellow and sweet coffee, full of round and bitter taste. Roasting coffee calmly, making coffee calmly, all these seemingly ordinary things are a person's pursuit of the nature of things, which is why Dafang coffee has changed from a nobody to a Japanese legend. "when it comes to opening a shop for a long time, you have to stick to your original intention. What I think about every day is not what I can do to make people pay attention to you, but what I can do to keep the cafe open and what I can do to ensure the quality of the coffee. The guests come here for no reason, just for a cup of coffee that makes them comfortable, so I insist on making coffee that makes everyone feel comfortable. "

After reading this passage from Mr. Dafang, I can't help thinking of the coffee people now. In a radical era, many people have put their original intention and purity behind them. Coffee shops are not for coffee and drinking coffee is not good. Coffee shop focuses on decoration, coffee making focuses on techniques, coffee drinking focuses on flavor, whether it is really professional and tastes good is not important, the important thing is to be able to show their differences through these. Boutique coffee makes sense, but few people can show the appearance of "boutique" coffee beans. Coffee beans are fine, so does the final cup of coffee have to be boutique coffee? Apparently not. The composition of boutique coffee beans is good quality coffee beans, while the composition of boutique coffee is good quality coffee beans + reasonable baking method + appropriate brewing method, and finally shows a cup of taste balance, which can make people drink comfortable and pleasant coffee.

But there will always be people who equate the two. As long as you equate the fine coffee beans with the fine coffee, when there is a problem with the quality of the coffee, the first thing that comes to mind is the problem of coffee beans. This has also created many coffee shops to casually put the word "boutique coffee" to attract the attention of consumers. But have you ever thought that if you don't have enough professionalism to support "boutique coffee", it will have a great negative impact on the coffee shop? Do not think that "boutique coffee beans on the back of the pot" is over, this is about the customer's trust and recognition of the coffee shop. Mr. Dafang also said: "the reason why this coffee shop has been open for so many years is because of the recognition and trust of the guests." Their recognition encourages themselves to stick to it no matter how difficult it is! Because a lot of people like their own coffee. My original intention is to provide guests with good and comfortable coffee, and the guests' original intention is to come here for a cup of coffee that will not burden them. "

But nowadays coffee people don't seem to be so pure when drinking coffee. Because there is a cup of "boutique coffee" in front of you, even if you feel bad, you should force yourself to drink some flavor. Drinking coffee is not for enjoyment, but with a "burden" to go, obviously it is a very relaxing thing, but finally become a task, why? Photo Source: Internet