Tianjin University offers the "most fragrant" elective course with credits over coffee.

The new elective course "Fine Coffee Culture and Taste" launched by Tianjin University officially begins. It is reported that the course is led by the professional barista of the student entrepreneurship team of the school to learn coffee tasting, production, flower drawing and other professional skills. Photo taken by China News Service reporter Tong Yu

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On March 11, the new elective course "Fine Coffee Culture and Taste" launched by Tianjin University officially began. It is reported that the course is led by the professional barista of the student entrepreneurship team of the school to learn coffee tasting, production, flower drawing and other professional skills. Photo taken by China News Service reporter Tong Yu

Tianjin window, people's Daily, March 12 / PRNewswire-Asianet /-- can you believe that you can get 2 credits when you make coffee and drink coffee in class? On the afternoon of March 11, the most fragrant elective course in the Rixin study of Tianjin University Library welcomed a large number of students who sat together to savor the culture behind coffee. As soon as the boutique coffee culture and tasting course, which can be called the most fragrant elective course in China, entered the elective system, it was hugely sought after by students, and the quota of 160 people was snapped up in just two hours. In this regard, people have said on the Internet that taking this course is really a "test of character". Some students who have not been selected directly asked "Please open the back door in class", and some netizens even said, "can you take it in a foreign school?" It is not alone in Tianjin University to let such "atypical" elective courses into the classroom. Love classes and car racing classes have caused heated discussion. It is understood that this year's "Fine Coffee Culture and Taste" course has a total of 16 classes and 32 class hours, which are taught on dual campuses. The curriculum consists of two parts, mainly theoretical study in the early stage. Students will learn a wealth of knowledge related to coffee under the leadership of professional baristas, and will also be able to taste the unique flavor of different coffees. The later stage is mainly a practical course, where students can visit the physical store, learn the decoration and layout of the coffee shop, operate the coffee machine under the guidance of the barista, experience the coffee production process, and learn professional skills such as coffee flower drawing. At the invitation of the working group on library special collection and quality education, the first lesson of coffee walked into the Rixin study of Zhengdong Library in the new campus. Talking about coffee in the study, the smell of books is accompanied by the fragrant aroma of coffee, creating a cozy atmosphere for everyone. In the first class, Jackie Chan, one of the leaders of Tianda 109 Coffee Entrepreneurship team, prepared coffee beans at four different stages for each student, hung earbags and so on, and presented the students with three coffee crazes and coffee flower making by the combination of classroom PPT, live connection, handwork and demonstration, and won bursts of applause for the relaxed and humorous explanation. A student from the College of Chemical Engineering said after class, "I used to be very curious about coffee, but today I learned some systematic knowledge about coffee and saw the whole process of making coffee flowers. I think it's amazing. I look forward to the opportunity to make a cup of coffee in the future." According to reports, unlike the general elective courses, such as the "coffee class" of Tianda University, there are only a handful of students taught by teams in Chinese colleges and universities. According to Jackie Chan: "Coffee has four physical stores since its development, and it continuously made lattes for 1895 minutes during the celebration of the 120th anniversary of Tianda, hitting the Guinness Book of World Records." He explained that it has always been the team's dream to open a course to share coffee knowledge and promote coffee culture. Jackie Chan said: "Chinese traditional tea culture and foreign coffee culture are both a kind of life culture that pursues comfort and pays attention to taste. We also hope that students who take this course can enjoy a relaxed and pleasant classroom atmosphere." Courses such as boutique coffee culture, on the one hand, can cultivate students' aesthetic ability, on the other hand, pay attention to practical operation, and can supplement some humanistic accomplishment and artistic temperament in the strong and rigorous academic atmosphere.