Coffee culture "floated" into Tibetan life
Abbe, 40, is a "young" barista in Lhasa. In 2013, Abbe, who has been an English tour guide and English teacher for more than a decade, began a new challenge to become the regional manager of Gulin Square Coffee in Xizang. At 16:00 on the 2nd, Dosseng Road in Lhasa, a busy street between the Jokhang Temple and the Potala Palace, the second coffee shop operated by Abbe in Lhasa, welcomed a large number of "coffee powder" to participate in the coffee salon organized by the store.
"over the past few years, more and more Tibetans have been drinking coffee, and they have tasted more kinds of coffee. I also want to look for gold." Speaking of the original intention of running a coffee shop, the emaciated Tibetan man demonstrated the coffee-making process while introducing to customers what he knew about Xizang's coffee culture.
Abbe said that the story of Xizang's coffee recorded in historical materials shows that coffee is not new in Xizang, but for a long time it is far from the life of ordinary Tibetan people, and only a few people have the opportunity to enjoy it.
However, in recent years, coffee shops in Lhasa have sprung up in the streets. Coffee is increasingly drifting into Tibetan life. "coffee + cake", "coffee + music" and "coffee + reading" are constantly becoming a part of Xizang's life.
"when I was a child, cocoa powder was still popular in Lhasa, and few people drank coffee. But around the year 2000, more and more people drank coffee around. " Bazan, 40, who now works in the post office, came early with her husband when he heard that Abbe's new coffee shop was holding an event.
More than a decade ago, Bazan tasted coffee for the first time at the invitation of a friend, but with a slightly bitter taste, Bazan gave up for a time. Later, at the suggestion of a friend, she added milk and sugar to her coffee and began to like coffee, drinking it almost two or three times a week. Her husband, Tashi, laughed at her as a "Lhasa girl who grew up drinking coffee."
Bazan told reporters that apart from spending money in coffee shops, she spends more than 1000 yuan a year on coffee. Usually she likes to buy bagged coffee from India and other countries to mix her favorite flavor. "many Tibetans like to put coffee in sweet tea, which will have a faint aroma of tea and a pungent aroma of coffee, which is very delicious."
Sweet tea is a favorite "drink" of the Tibetan people. Adding a little coffee to the sweet tea is an innovation of the Tibetan people to the coffee culture. In this regard, Abbe said that because of the influence of eating habits, the majority of Tibetan people do not quite accept the bitter original coffee, but the unique aroma of coffee makes people want to try, so there is a "sweet tea coffee." Even in coffee shops, Tibetan customers prefer coffee with chocolate or sweet flavors such as mocha, latte and cappuccino.
"making coffee on the plateau requires unique plateau baking techniques. Because of the high altitude and low air pressure, it is more difficult to bake coffee beans. Basically, we have to check the pressure and temperature changes inside and outside the roaster every minute to ensure the taste of coffee beans. " Abbe said.
Although he has not been in the coffee industry for a long time, Abei already has an understanding of how coffee adapts to the plateau. He is considering launching "Yak Milk Coffee" and plans to hold a Xizang Coffee Culture Salon to open a window for tourists to understand Xizang culture. In his view, coffee is not only a drink, but also a culture, and he hopes to develop a coffee culture with plateau characteristics.
Yixi Danzeng, a scholar of cultural studies at Xizang University, said that drinking coffee has become a way of leisure and is in line with Xizang's relatively slow pace of life. The popularity of coffee in the plateau shows that the broad masses of Tibetans have more leisure time, which reflects the happy life of Xizang people.
- Prev
There is a long way to go to renew coffee seedlings in Peru.
The National Coffee Council of Peru announced that as many as 15000 hectares of coffee plantations in the central, northern and eastern parts of the secret rainforest have been replaced with new coffee trees, the Peruvian Andean News Agency reported recently.
- Next
The new Lishen coffee factory is expected to have an annual output value of about 800 million yuan.
On the morning of May 28, the commissioning ceremony of Lishen Group Guilin Yang New Factory was held in Guilin Yang Luoniushan Industrial Park, Haikou City, covering an area of 65 mu.
Related
- It's a huge uproar! Well-known brands use "prefabricated concentrate" for cold extraction?!
- The store was exposed to mice running around! Mixue Ice City urgently apologizes!
- The more you look at it, the weirder it becomes?! Lucky linkage cup print three-eyed Tom Cat!
- Self-delivery modification was rejected! Customers come to the door and throw coffee angrily?!
- What degree of grind should I use to make coffee by hand? How fine should the coffee powder be ground with cold ice drops? What is the No. 20 screen? How fine are the grains of fine sugar? What is the appropriate grind for the espresso?
- Why is coffee bean watches always oily? Are the oil out of the coffee beans stale? Are oily coffee beans of higher quality? What is the difference between deep and light coffee?
- How long is the taste period for coffee? How long is the best time to finish your coffee? How long can coffee stay in a thermos cup? What is the best degree of hand-brewed coffee?
- Pour out all the raw materials! Many Lucky products are off the market!
- "Haidilao in the milk tea industry" Kawangka quietly increases its prices again! Netizen: No more drinking!
- Ask for 20,000 yuan! Coffee shop managers trick employees into fake marriages?!