Live recording | A day for baristas in Xiamen office buildings

Character: Li Shaoping

Identity: barista

Time: April 14, 2017

In my impression, there are many small cafes in Hong Kong movies in office buildings, which are small, but attract a lot of office workers. In fact, in Xiamen, there are also such small cafes, which add a relaxed atmosphere to the tense and busy office buildings and make the work around the clock fresh. In such a cafe, the indispensable protagonist is the barista, a fashionable and special profession, and the handsome and elegant Li Shaoping is one of them.

At 8: 00 in the morning, Li Shaoping and his colleagues arrived at the Smart cafe at the Joint Inspection Building in Haitian Port District on time to tidy up the equipment and prepare to start the day's work. This coffee shop is very special. it is located in the lobby on the first floor of the office building. the shop is not big, with only two tables and eight chairs. As far as I can remember, such a small cafe only appears in Hong Kong movies, attracting a lot of office workers coming and going. Now in Xiamen, there are also such small cafes, which add a relaxed atmosphere to the office building and make the insipid work fresh.

2017-04-14 09:38

At 8: 00 in the morning, Li Shaoping and his colleagues arrived at the Smart cafe at the Joint Inspection Building in Haitian Port District on time to tidy up the equipment and prepare to start the day's work.

This coffee shop is very special. it is located in the lobby on the first floor of the office building. the shop is not big, with only two tables and eight chairs. As far as I can remember, such a small cafe only appears in Hong Kong movies, attracting a lot of office workers coming and going. Now in Xiamen, there are also such small cafes, which add a relaxed atmosphere to the office building and make the insipid work fresh.

2017-04-14 09:55

Li Shaoping, from Shanghang, Longyan, majored in mechanical engineering at university. the major he studied had nothing to do with the baristas full of petty bourgeoisie. After graduation, his first job was as a restaurant cook, but the lack of communication and the "hidden rules" of the industry made it difficult for him to use his skills.

Li Shaoping was exposed to coffee making by chance and has been out of control ever since. It took Li Shaoping four years to realize his dream and transform himself into a fashionable coffee maker. He said that the career as a barista has made his introverted self more like to communicate with others.

2017-04-14 10:12

Close to 9 o'clock, office workers are entering the joint construction building one after another. Since most of them are familiar faces that Li Shaoping sees every day, he greets them cordially like an old friend. And the white-collar workers who pass by will stop at the bar to place an order.

"what can I get you?" Li Shaoping greeted the customers with a warm smile.

2017-04-14 10:28

Beating eggs, mixing batter and pouring into a preheated machine, Li Shaoping is adept at making muffins for customers. Some office workers don't have time for breakfast, and the cafe offers light meals and a hot drink with freshly baked muffins.

2017-04-14 10:44

Li Shaoping handed the ready-made breakfast to the customer and reminded her that she had better drink it while it was hot, otherwise it would not taste good. Li Shaoping often tells coffee lovers that the best time to drink coffee is at nine o'clock in the morning or two in the afternoon, and that drinking coffee regularly is good for your health.

2017-04-14 11:00

As soon as it's time for the meeting, there will be more phone orders from the cafe. Li Shaoping said that the main customers of the cafe are office workers in this office building, so his working hours are about the same as them, which is different from ordinary baristas.

2017-04-14 11:16

Li Shaoping took out the selected coffee beans, put them into a measuring cup and weighed them on the meter, because the amount of beans used in each cup of coffee is very particular.

He has his own unique obsession with coffee, and even when he buys raw coffee beans, he asks how to bake them. "roasted coffee beans should be thrown away if they are not finished within two weeks, because they taste bad," he said. When the coffee beans are ground into powder, they will not taste good if they are not brewed within five minutes. "

2017-04-14 11:33

From the quality of coffee beans, to grinding, extraction, and then to the final brewing, for getting a good cup of coffee, every step is very important, even regardless of priority. Li Shaoping has already formed the habit of striving for the best in every detail, because he wants every cup of coffee he makes to be fine.

2017-04-14 11:50

When the hand-made coffee ordered by the customer is ready, Li Shaoping always smells the aroma first, then pours some of it and tastes it for himself. If he is satisfied, he will deliver it to the customer.

He said to us, "good coffee should not be bitter, it should be sweet and sour." Why is the coffee you usually drink bitter? That's because it's overbaked. "

2017-04-14 12:18

Most young people are attracted by cappuccino, which represents espresso. Espresso has once become a fashion pursued by petty bourgeoisie who like coffee. Li Shaoping also has a soft spot for espresso.

2017-04-14 12:36

No matter how customers feel, as long as they enter this area of the building, there is a strong aroma of coffee, the mood will always be relaxed and comforted at this moment, and Li Shaoping's mood is even happier than the customer's.

2017-04-14 12:53

Sitting on the bar, drinking coffee next to Li Shaoping, tasting and communicating, it feels a bit like Chinese tea.

If you drink a cup of coffee, he will usually finish it with you and then talk about his coffee classics. He will tell you where the beans used in the cup of coffee you are drinking come from. Different areas and different roasting methods will make the taste of the coffee very different.

2017-04-14 13:13

Li Shaoping spends a lot of time studying coffee. for him, coffee has endless content. Li Shaoping will buy and read and learn almost all the books related to coffee on the market. As soon as he has spare time, he will continue to study hard.

2017-04-14 13:31

Li Shaoping is infatuated with everything from espresso to American hand-made coffee. When there are no customers, he still stays alone in the store to study coffee making, indulging in it and enjoying it.

Li Shaoping has a strong enthusiasm for learning and an equally strong sense of crisis. "in this industry, everyone wants to make progress every day, because if you don't make progress, it means you will be surpassed at any time."

This is the end of this issue. Let's like the barista in the office building. See you next time.