Lesson 3 of TBC's preparation: setting a theme

A performance must always have a theme, and only with a theme can the materials, appliances and the whole process of the performance be linked together, and in my opinion, the theme can have many aspects, which can be related to people or coffee.

If you have seen TBC or WBC movies, you can probably find two main ways to start a speech. The first is to introduce the recipe to the point, while the other is to talk about things that do not seem to be directly related to the recipe.

It should be noted that no matter what type is used to interpret the theme, it should not be too extreme. If you take the coffee bean itself as the theme, if you keep repeating the growing environment, processing process, baking and taste of the coffee bean, the whole scene sounds like a tired thing, so it should be timely interspersed with some elements about people, and this element does not really have to talk about people. Instead, integrate the coffee bean data into your own experience, and then speak it out, as if you have really been to his producing area and participated in the processing and baking process, then the whole speech will become more vivid and attractive. Michael Phillips, the champion of this year's WBC, is a very important example for me. I talk about coffee beans from beginning to end, but people look forward to it. The film can refer to http://www.livestream.com/worldbaristachampionship2010.

On the other hand, if you take people as the theme, don't talk about people from beginning to end, remember that the focus of the bar player contest is coffee, and the human element must be related to the coffee you prepare. Last year's WBC champion Gwilym Davies happened to be a completely different type from Michael Phillips, saying to the judges at the beginning, "I think espresso is a disappointing drink." start with your own experience. Then slowly lead the topic to the coffee itself, you can give the judges an interesting experience, the film can refer to http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=306001&id=505532779&page=3.

After thinking about the theme, the next step is to choose the coffee beans, draw up the speech, and conceive the creative coffee. Everything can be extended around the proposed theme. The goal is to make the whole performance as a whole as possible, not to be connected from beginning to end. And the advantage of setting the theme first is that the direction of preparation can be very clear and will not be at a loss as to what to do.

Take my performance as an example, the main spirit of my opening speech was that when I was a bar player, I found that many guests only had two feelings about coffee: good and bad, and the so-called good coffee was not bitter and not astringent. They never drank it, such as berries, flowers, spices and other flavors that preferred the characteristics of the producing areas. They prefer to brew coffee with obvious characteristics of the producing area for them to taste. Then go to the section of formula beans to explain the characteristics of the beans and why you have to choose this coffee bean. Of course, the concentrated, Cabo and Creative Coffee are introduced in this way.