Drinking coffee is a "slow life".

Outside the busy work, a dessert, a cup of coffee, a fresh and romantic English song, combined into a leisurely time. Such a life has gradually become a way for some citizens to return to a slow life.

In Taizhou, a large number of coffee lovers prefer bitter coffee drinks such as caramel macchiato and cappuccino with a hint of sweetness to black coffee.

After work, looking for a quiet corner of a cafe, sipping bitter and sweet coffee in the sunset outside the window, slowly entering the bustling midnight, has become the best interpretation of slow life for coffee lovers.

Slow character

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Nickname: Xiao Zou

Identity: coffee shop manager

Famous saying: make coffee in a good mood

A year ago, 27-year-old Xiao Zou came to Taizhou from Shanghai with a coffee dream and became the manager of 8cm Cafe. The cafe is small, compact but not crowded. Adjacent to the city government avenue, but partial to a corner, quite a quiet flavor.

Xiao Zou said that during the day from Monday to Wednesday, there are few customers and are not busy. Xiao Zou and four shop assistants sat at the table by the window, reading, playing cards, chatting, and occasionally making fun of each other. Such a life, Xiaozou thinks, should be considered "slow" in Taizhou.

Xiao Zou made a special coffee for the reporter, called "Aifu Goto". In front of you is a small cup of coffee and a small cup of vanilla ice cream ball. What will be the feeling of the bitterness of coffee and the sweetness of ice cream?

"I don't call it coffee. I prefer to call it dessert." According to Xiaozou, you can take a mouthful of coffee, pour coffee on ice cream, drink coffee in one breath, and then eat ice cream slowly. The warm and cold collision of hot coffee and ice cream alternates between sweetness and bitterness, and finally turns into a mellow aroma that haunts the mouth, creating another intriguing delicacy.

As a barista who has dealt with coffee for 6 years, Xiaozou likes pure coffee, which is full-bodied and full-bodied, especially the taste of sweet after bitterness.

"our cafes are chain stores and rarely set up branches in third-tier cities. Taizhou is a pilot project, and so far it seems to have been a success." Some customers think espresso is too strong and worry that too much caffeine will affect sleep or health, while others are not used to the bitterness of coffee and prefer coffee with lots of milk, such as mocha, latte and cappuccino, Xiao Zou said.

Coffee beans are in the mood, you know? Xiao Zou said that the mood of the barista, or the weather, will affect the taste of the coffee. When the weather outside is bad, not only the mood of the barista will be affected, but the machine that grinds the coffee beans will also be affected by the damp, affecting the taste. "so, when the sun is shining, it would be nice to have a cup of coffee."

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Nickname: Xiaoka

Identity: office workers who dream of opening a coffee shop

Famous saying: drinking coffee and tasting coffee are two different things.

Chen Xiaohong is an employee of a company in Huangyan. As an office worker, she is crazy about coffee, and her friends like to call her Xiaoka.

For Chen Xiaohong, coffee is not like a drink, but rather a precious work of art that needs to be tasted carefully.

"take a sip of cold water before tasting coffee, so that some impurities in your mouth will be cleaned and you will be more sensitive to the taste of coffee. In addition, it is best to taste the original pure coffee before adding cream and fruit juice. when you close your eyes and sip the purest bitter coffee, you will have a unique natural taste, which is just one or two steps in tasting coffee. "

When drinking coffee in a cafe, what Chen Xiaohong hates most is noise, because it needs to be quiet most. Noise will not only destroy the atmosphere of drinking coffee, but also make people unable to concentrate on tasting every sip of coffee.

In the minds of many girls, there will be a plot of opening a coffee shop and cake shop. For Chen Xiaohong, opening a coffee shop is her dream. "once, when I was in junior high school, there was a petty-bourgeois coffee shop near the school. it was my first exposure to European coffee. I am fascinated by the atmosphere of the coffee shop and the unspeakable feeling. When I am rich, I must open a similar one. "

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Nickname: Zhang Lin

Identity: coffee lover

Famous saying: it's not coffee, it's feeling.

When I first met Zhang Lin, I was in a cafe called McQueen on Xintai Street, Taizhou Economic Development Zone.

After saying hello, Zhang Lin took a sip of cappuccino. The petite, childish short-haired girl opened the box. "I'm 27 years old, so it's not so much my coffee story as a blind date story."

The location of Zhang Lin's first blind date was decided by the other party. "where do you think it is? A Sichuan restaurant. " Zhang Lin said that for men and women who meet alone for the first time, they all have to speak loudly. Such an environment is really awkward. There was a lack of interest on both sides at that meeting.

On the second blind date, the other party asked Zhang Lin where she wanted to go. Zhang Lin found a cafe, "there is a hidden booth, more emotional, and chat very well with each other." Zhang Lin said that it may be that the personality is not suitable for lovers, but now they are still good friends.

"on a blind date, the other person will ask me politely where I want to go. I would recommend some more romantic cafes. " Zhang Lin said, "in fact, I don't have much research on coffee. I prefer a comfortable and quiet environment."

The place where Zhang Lin works is on the city avenue. In recent years, many small cafes have been opened in this area of the East Business District. Sometimes, after lunch, sit in a small shop, have a cup of coffee, sit in a comfortable chair and let yourself out of your stressful work for a while. "I think a slow life is an ability of self-regulation." Zhang Lin said with a smile.

Slow reason

Coffee is supposed to be

A feeling of quietness

"drinking coffee should be a quiet feeling. You taste every sip of coffee and quietly think about something that is usually too busy to take care of. This is to enjoy a 'slow' atmosphere that makes you stop being busy." Xiao Zou summed up the reasons why some people drink coffee.

Chen Xiaohong said: "when you get off work or have a holiday, knowing that there is something you like is waiting for you, so that you can slowly taste and appreciate, so that the pace of life slows down and your heart calms down."

"Coffee can be used to recall and wake people up. It smells sweet in leisure, sweet in happiness, bitter in sorrow, and sour in sorrow. " Zhang Lin feels that coffee can keep all kinds of emotions and memories in the cup one by one, which is also the irreplaceable taste of coffee.