At the beginning of this year, a new café was opened in Hongxu Carefree Valley, an Internet celebrity check-in point on the streets of Xianxia New Village. Unlike other cafes, this shop does not have a shout or even a "welcome", but after half a year, the business of this shop has become more and more prosperous, in addition to selling coffee, the owner also sells bread and other products, which has received a lot of praise from customers.
At about 2:30 p.m., Aunt Huang, who lives in Hongxu Community, and her wife came to ONE LIFE Cafe at Lane 427 of Honggu Road. Walking into the store, Aunt Huang and her wife skillfully ordered two lattes, while asking for "less ice" and "dine-in". During the ordering process, the owner brother kept smiling, and after the customer finished ordering, he immediately began to make coffee, brew, add milk, pull flowers... Skillful operation in one go.
Regular customers know that this little brother is named Yu Wei, a hearing-impaired person who can only communicate silently with customers every day. Even so, Yu Wei always kept smiling. Behind this healing and heartwarming smile is Yu Wei's doubly meticulous work: when the customer orders, he will always stare in the direction of the customer's finger, because he can't hear what the customer is saying; After ordering, he would stretch out two fingers to confirm the quantity with the customer, because he couldn't say, "You need two cups, right?" ”
At this time last year, Yu Wei was still a "dreamer". In the second district innovation and entrepreneurship competition for the disabled, Yu Wei's flower café project stood out and won the best craftsman award; At the same time, Yu Wei, who has a wide range of talents and skills, also left a very good impression on the guests who participated in the event, including Wu Wenjun, a staff member of the District Business Incubation Base for the Disabled. A few months later, when he learned that the construction of Hongxu Carefree Valley was completed and a barista needed to be recruited in the later stage, Wu Wenjun immediately introduced Yu Wei.
"Yu Wei is a down-to-earth and versatile young man, although he has hearing impairment, this has become his strength, very engaged and focused in doing things. At the same time, he is also very studious, teaching himself the art of bamboo carving and flower arranging, and his creations have won many awards. In this way, under the matchmaking of Wu Wenjun, after receiving vocational skills training and entrepreneurial guidance, Yu Wei settled in Sanssouci Valley and opened this café called ONE LIFE.
The wooden frame at the entrance of the café is decorated with bamboo art, dozens of high seats are placed in the two side windows, and a round table in the middle provides a space for guests to talk. According to the guests, the whole café is never short of flowers, in addition to the table on the table, Yu Wei also changes sunflowers, lilies, roses, etc. from time to time, the café is dressed up, here, tasting coffee, smelling flowers, very comfortable. Lattes, cappuccinos, mochas, and other coffees are served here, all written in chalk on the blackboard at the order desk. In addition, there is a cat in the museum, which he brought from home. All this was arranged by Yu Wei himself, which made the café full of a strong atmosphere of life.
Today, with the efforts of Yu Wei, ONE LIFE Cafe has a good place to operate, in addition to selling coffee, the restaurant also provides fresh bread, providing convenient and hygienic breakfast for white-collar workers who are rushing to work.
In this café, although there will be no loud "welcome" and no warm recommendation, there is love everywhere. The customers are also very cooperative, will fully cooperate and help the owner, and give a thumbs up to say "thank you" after checkout.
In order to thank the surrounding residents for their care, at present, ONE LIFE Cafe has also launched a value-added energy full meal, just buy any coffee + any bread, you can enjoy a 7% discount. When you have free time, you might as well go and sit down~
ONE LIFE Coffee, Flowers, and Life Hall
Address: Honggu Road 427 Lane Kou
Business hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m
Written by/Photographed: Wu Jiaqian
Edit: Cheng Qian
Responsible editor: Yan Wenbin