Candy Wizard and Travel

A well-decorated place with a medieval feel.

Young people are put off because it feels too stylish and serious, but it is actually quite affordable and there is a special menu for students.

The store manager, a middle-aged man with a thick beard, straightened his tie in front of the mirror.

This is respect for the guests, as well as respect for your own hobbies and dreams.

Over the years, he has never regretted taking this step for his hobby and opening this cafe.

When he was a student, because of his squinting image, he always failed to blend in with the young people in the class and the group. Also, because of his weak desire, he had no other hobbies except studying.

It wasn't until he got an internship after graduation and came into contact with the finest coffee beans in Brazil that he reshaped his impression of coffee, resigned from the company without hesitation and opened this coffee shop.

His family also supported him very much. His father patted him on the shoulder and said that I am glad that you have found a job that you can put your passion into. Do it well.

So I hired a reliable professional to manage the company and took my mother on a leisurely trip. She is still very energetic to this day.

In recent years, his younger brothers and sisters have also been very ambitious and each inherited the family property. He, who has little desire, has only been allocated half a street and a few apartments. He is grateful to his parents for their help and continues to devote his full enthusiasm to the coffee business. middle.

Go to the place of origin and purchase your own carefully selected coffee beans.

Bake, grind and brew by yourself.

Constantly pursuing the best coffee.

Now that I think about it, it has been more than 20 years... time flies.

Only recently, due to the redevelopment of this street and the opening of shopping malls around it, this street has become a lot more lively. In the afternoon, the passenger flow has also increased.

For the store manager, this is a good thing. There is no doubt that the income will increase. What makes him happy is not this, but that it means that his favorite coffee has been recognized by everyone.

I want to see more people smile because of delicious coffee, and I want to talk about coffee culture with more lovers.

It is this passion that has kept him going for more than 20 years.

But I also have a slight headache.

Because the number of guests increased, he could not entertain them.

It would be an absolute disgrace to his career not to be able to bring his visitors coffee that was carefully ground every step of the way.

So he chose to hire someone to handle the reception and cashier duties, while he concentrated on preparing coffee behind the counter.

If you are a well-educated person, working together will definitely be a pleasant experience.

But after much thought, he decided to target the young group.

Having a young waiter will surely alleviate the serious atmosphere in the store and allow more young people to choose this place and learn about coffee.

Well, he didn't want to change the decorations in the store that created a sense of distance.

Unfortunately, the notice posted on the door seemed unable to attract young people. It was not until last week that a girl wearing pink sportswear passed by.

The image is suitable, the hands and feet are flexible, and the Western style is perfectly integrated into the atmosphere of the store. The tired feeling also reflects the presence of coffee.

But she only works one day a week, which is a little...

For now, he is such a person.

Check it out first.

Store manager, I look forward to working with young people, hoping to learn about the changes of the times and the trends of young people.

"Jingle--"

The elegant ringing of the doorbell broke the tranquility. The store manager tightened his collar. The tight feeling made him straighten his chest. A beautiful morning and a beautiful day had begun.

……

"Ask for leave?"

"Yes, Xiaojia, my innocent classmate, I'm afraid I won't be able to do my part-time job this week because of my physical discomfort. I'm really sorry for causing you any trouble."

A man with gray hair and a unique temperament explained this matter to him.

The store manager felt very sorry, but he could still understand that it is normal for young people to be in poor health...right?

He felt relieved to have come to explain early in the morning, and the store manager felt much happier talking to polite people.

Xidi breathed a sigh of relief and looked around the store.

His junior sister has three major hobbies: bread, coffee and reading. If there is delicious coffee, he would like to take it back to Irena to taste. It would be good to learn more about it.

Furthermore, it can be regarded as adding a little bit of performance to others as compensation.

The well-groomed store manager in front of him gave him a rigorous feeling, and he must have some skills.

"Speaking of which, do you have any specialty coffee here? I don't know much about the coffee here."

The store manager's expression suddenly changed. He put down the coffee cup he was wiping and tightened his tie, feeling confident and calm.

"It must be a blended coffee. In fact, I am quite confident in the blended coffee. In order to balance the taste and aroma, I used five kinds of coffee beans. In order to flexibly match their respective flavors, our shop spent a lot of thought on the blending. .

Of course, the coffee beans are all selected from the place of origin. Every year, I make a special trip to select and purchase them. The final blend of coffee is my confident work. "

"No wonder, I smelled different coffee beans as soon as I came in. I thought it was because of the rich variety of drinks, but is there a way to combine them? You are so confident, store manager, please let me see it."

Hidi sat up straight, looking curiously at the coffee beans in different containers around her, looking forward to the wonderful taste of their combination.

"It seems that I have met an expert. Please wait a moment and look forward to my work."

There was fire in the store manager's eyes.

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The signature of the store is hand-brewed blended coffee.

Bean grinder, hand brewing pot, filter cup, etc., only the containers have slightly changed, but the general process is still the same. The tools here are traditional manual, and there is only a modern machine for making milk foam.

Grind the coffee beans into powder, fix the filter paper or filter cloth on the filter cup, cover with coffee powder, and brew with hot water.

It seems that there is not much difference from brewing milk tea powder at home, but when brewing coffee, there are too many and complex factors that affect the taste of the finished product, such as coffee beans, water temperature, technique, resting and filtering time, etc.

To be more specific, coffee beans have differences in origin, degree of roasting, and storage environment. The shape of the filter cup, the ratio of water to powder during brewing, and even the rotation force when tilting the water column...

Some baristas even have preferences for the movement of their wrists, convinced that a slight difference in angle will result in less than expected flavor.

Xidi will not mind this small difference, because he has no special pursuit of coffee, and his sense of taste is not enough to catch the slight deviation. When making coffee at home, it comes as quickly as possible, and when using magic, Grind the coffee beans into powder, boil water, shake it a few times to separate the residue, and you're done.

Just one more step of filtering than making milk tea.乷

But Irena seemed to be able to drink, and often complained about her senior brother's laziness. She was lazy, so she worked hard and acted coquettishly. With her efforts, Xidi's skills improved rapidly.

Over time, he also developed a technique that was praised by his junior sisters, teachers and Connie. His evaluation was that he only knows how to do it.

Just like when he petted a cat, because he could understand the cat language, he could correct his shortcomings with feedback.

Irena is like a cat to coffee.

And when a person masters a certain skill, he will start to care about his peers.

He has traveled to many places, and in his side, well, it seems to be the same in the world here. Coffee is a common drink. It can be said that wherever there is water, coffee is sold.

Whether it was a free drink from the breakfast room, a home-brewed drink from a roadside stall priced at copper coins, or a professional coffee shop priced at silver coins, he had tasted it all.

Xidi believed that he did not accept too standardized learning and always had a learning mentality. Those places also had their own characteristics, and he couldn't help but admire some of the wonderful ideas.

Speaking of which, Irena also specially recorded that in the diary where she could see people. Hidi took a few glances at it and had some impressions. Now it was time to use the principle of borrowing and communicate with the store manager.

The cafe is bright and comfortable, and the hygiene is quite good. The bitter aroma of coffee lingers, making Xidi look forward to the finished product.

Without waiting too long, the store manager placed the coffee cup in front of Xi Di.

"Please use it, guest."

There are people in the world who don't like to be disturbed when tasting food, and more people like to share their feelings with others while tasting.

Xi Di has always been like this. He picked up the cup, took a sip, closed his eyes and felt the bitter liquid spreading on the tip of his tongue.

He thought that Irena would definitely like it.

"how?"

The store manager looked at the young people in front of him expectantly. This was an opportunity to improve his understanding of the tastes of teenagers.

But for some reason, the man in front of him looked very young, but gave him an unexpected sense of stability. He expected that the answer he got would be different from what he wanted, but he treated it as an exchange with his peers.

Who can refuse to be praised by the younger generation?

"Um--"

Hidi opened her eyes.

“It’s very good to eat and tastes good!”

It's a pity that he is not sensitive enough to coffee. If it were Irena, she would probably be able to tell more about it.

"I can only feel that the flavors of different coffee beans are perfectly balanced, and the transition of bitterness and sourness is very smooth. Adding sugar and milk according to personal preferences will not overwhelm the long aftertaste of the coffee at all. It's really amazing, store manager (master).”

Saying that, Xi Di brought the sugar cubes on the side, shook them casually and poured a lot of them in, followed by a few more spoonfuls of sweet condensed milk.

The store manager suddenly woke up from his emotional mood, and his eyelids jumped when he saw Xidi's actions, "Is the guest's hand shaking? I probably can't drink this cup. I'll make you another cup without charge."

"No, I'm kidding. This is my habit of drinking coffee. Personally, I actually like sweeter things, such as honey drinks. If my junior Irena were here, I could probably chat with the store manager for a long time. "

"what……"

The store manager felt his spirit was shaken. He covered his chest and his usual smile became a little stiff. He thought he had met a close friend. He was obviously well-educated, but he didn't aspire to this?

"Is this so? I would like to ask you, do you think my coffee will be liked by young people?"

"Well, actually I don't know much about this, and I don't have many friends of the same age here, but I will recommend this store to people around me when I go back. Your craftsmanship is really great!"

"That's great……"

The store manager's heart sank into his stomach. This young man's love for coffee was limited, but he still recognized his craftsmanship, which already made him extremely happy.

However, I still want to find out.

"Well, the guest looks like classmate Tianzhen. He is not a native of the country, right? His pronunciation just now was quite standard."

"That's right, I just settled here."

"Are you in college?"

"No, well, actually, I never went to school."

"This……"

The store manager fell silent and carefully looked at the young man in front of him.

She has smooth, waist-length white hair with no split ends or knots. Her skin is delicate, and the hand holding the cup doesn’t have any calluses. She has never been to school... Have you hired a tutor since elementary school?

——In fact, it’s almost the same. After Xi Di settled in Zhongzhong Township at the age of four, Rachel hired a teacher for him to teach him literature and magic.

While drinking a cup of coffee, he chatted with the store manager for a while about things in the north and south, the scenery of the West, the history of coffee, and told him his name.

"Are you thinking about finding a job?"

The store manager was lost in thought, looking at the person in front of him as if he were looking at his past self, without coffee, pursuing something he didn't even know about in his empty days.

He pursed his lips, loosened his tie slightly, and asked cautiously: "Well, if you don't dislike it..."

……

After a while.

Wearing the same black suit vest, white shirt, and black tie as the store manager, Xidi walked out of the changing room. In order to facilitate work, her long hair was combed into a single ponytail, but the bangs covering her right eye remained unchanged. He said it didn't affect the view.

It took a little time, because the first time the store manager gave me a women's skirt, it took a while to change and explain.

Walking out the door, he pondered the truth of the world.

Equivalent exchange exists. If a person doesn't go to work, someone has to make up for her work.

I thought it was quite interesting, so I agreed to the store manager’s invitation to work, just as a commission. It happened that he was also interested in this place. The store manager was also very easy to talk to, and he had free working hours. The salary was calculated according to the regular salary, and was calculated daily and hourly. One thousand yen, a little higher than Gabriel.

Because he said that he could help brew coffee when he was busy. He planned to learn more about the specific regulations during the lunch break. If his level was acceptable, he would put Xidi's coffee on another menu.

Because the store manager is really confident in blending coffee, it is a small pride for the barista to distinguish them.

"Oh, it suits you quite well, Hidi... little brother."

The store manager wiped the sweat from his face. After communicating with someone for a long time, he still got the wrong gender. He had just rubbed his face in the bathroom for a long time and was too embarrassed to see people.

"I'm asking Xidi to work with me today. If you have anything you don't understand, you can come and ask me."