Make yourself a cup of coffee and taste the afternoon coffee.

Where is the famous coffee bean producing area? What are the specifications of coffee beans? What is the process of roasting coffee beans? What kinds of coffee do you have? What are the ways to make coffee? The "past life and present life" about coffee can be answered here one by one.

On November 15, student reporters from the Quanzhou student press delegation came to the Moxi Cafe in Yiquan Street to learn about coffee and make coffee. Here, the students learned that it takes four or five years for coffee fruits to blossom and bear fruit. After complicated procedures such as harvesting and roasting, the baristas carefully prepare delicious coffee.

Kenya aa, Blue Mountain, washing, drying. After listening to these explanations full of various coffee professional terms, the link that made the students more energetic came-- to make coffee. The barista first showed the students how to make a cup of espresso, a seemingly simple process, which contains a lot of knowledge, such as not pressing the coffee powder too hard, putting the milk cup sideways when beating milk foam, and the temperature is controlled between 60 °and 65 °. The coffee cup should be warmed in advance so as not to affect the taste. After watching the demonstration, under the guidance of the barista, each student made a cup of coffee by himself.

At the end of the half-day experience activity, the students sat by the floor-to-ceiling window of the cafe with their own coffee, enjoying the beautiful afternoon of left-handed coffee and right-handed time.

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★ warm coffee fragrance

When we came home full of warmth, we kept playing back the smell of coffee in our minds.

When we came to the cafe, the barista first introduced us to the production and "origin" of coffee. It turned out that coffee was not as simple as we thought. A small coffee fruit takes three months to sprout and four or five years to bear fruit, not to mention the extraction and roasting of coffee beans. So when we started to try to make a cup of espresso ourselves under the guidance of the barista, we were very careful.

The barista introduced us to the process of making espresso, and when I picked up the utensils, I was a little surprised, it was so heavy! It took several times to aim at the coffee powder, and I think it would be a joke if it wasn't for the barista to point it out. Next, I have to face an even bigger challenge: foam. Looking at the students in front of me are not very smooth, the hot steam, but also let me panic, unexpectedly failed. However, when I got the warm coffee, I was still very happy!

Originally, we usually buy coffee, but also need to go through so many cumbersome procedures, a small detail, can determine the taste quality of a cup of coffee. Life also needs to know how to take care of details and be careful in order to achieve perfection.

★ Mill

Exquisite chairs, fragrant coffee, and enthusiastic shop assistants-our coffee teacher. Originally thought that coffee beans are just coffee beans, no matter how to expand and extend can not have anything to do with the classroom, sure enough, have not seen the world-after geography, biology comes, the two turn like a single cycle, dazzling.

After a brief understanding of the theory, we began to practice the theory. See the teacher skillfully put the coffee powder in the bean grinder on the filter, then flatten the coffee powder with a tamping stick, put the coffee powder into the coffee machine buckle, press the switch, and a cup of mellow black coffee will be baked in this way. Then everyone can try to make a cup of coffee, because I do not believe in their own craftsmanship, I always keep my distance from the coffee machine.

Many things, do not experience, do not experience, may never have a chance in the future, and do not experience the reason is actually do not believe in themselves, now want to gradually die.

★ learns to grasp "degree"

After listening to the knowledge about coffee, we can make coffee by ourselves. The barista demonstrated it first and made a beautiful flower pull, but in our opinion, it is not difficult. When it was our turn to experience it, the first few students appeared to be in a hurry, especially when beating milk foam, the position of the cup was either high or low, and the milk foam was very ugly. When it was my turn, I was so nervous that I forgot the other step after I made the coffee and began to foam. The barista poured the milk, and I put the cup under the machine and began to beat it. I put it in the right place and kept adjusting it, but I failed more thoroughly than the previous classmates. I didn't even hit the bubble. I just heated the milk.

It turns out that a seemingly simple step hides a person's grasp of "degree". The same is true of life, no matter what you do, you have to grasp the "degree". I hope that through this year's study, I can become a person who can grasp the "degree" in the future.

Aftertaste of ★ Coffee

When we walk into the coffee shop, we first listen to the barista introduce the coffee beans. From origin to variety, from planting and roasting to grinding and blending, and finally took out coffee beans for us to "observe". I thought it was because of different varieties that the colors were different for those who had only seen ripe coffee beans. Later, the barista told us that white coffee beans are raw and black is ripe. This time I have gained knowledge.

The most unforgettable thing is that I made coffee by myself. After watching the production process of other students, I thought it was not difficult. I swung my sleeve and began to grind coffee powder with a coffee machine. I counted 10 seconds in my heart and watched so many people do it. I knew exactly how long it took, and then I had to compact the powder. As a result, I was too excited, too fast, and spilled a lot of powder. Although he finally succeeded in making a cup of coffee, the shape of the milk foam was not satisfactory, but the barista made a comeback, and the caramel in his hand went back and forth on the milk bubble, and the original ugly appearance became perfect again!

Drinking my own coffee, although it tastes better than what the barista does, this time, I have gained a lot of knowledge and craftsmanship!

★ Coffee Tour

Today, we student reporter came to the cafe to learn about the culture of coffee and experience the process of making coffee.

First of all, the barista introduced the three native species of coffee, the place where coffee grew, the structure of coffee beans, the refinement of coffee, and the classification of cafes. Through the careful explanation of baristas, we have a new understanding of coffee. Then there is coffee diy. Everyone has the opportunity to make a cup of coffee by themselves. Watching the barista's production process, I realized that a seemingly simple cup of coffee must go through the process of grinding beans, beating milk, brewing and so on. Everyone tastes the coffee made by their own hands, accompanied by strong fragrance. It is really relaxing and happy. No wonder more and more people will accompany coffee in their leisure time.

We learned a lot from this coffee trip.