Most of the time, it's not just a good cup of coffee that draws us to a coffee shop. Some people compare coffee shops to urban living rooms, and think of them as public gathering places outside of home and office, where people feel free. For urban youth, coffee shops have a space for solitude, and there is just the right amount of "liveliness". Different owners in different neighborhoods create a variety of personalities for coffee shops, and they are also a way to communicate with the city. In this way, the coffee shop is also about a sense of community. In early summer, walking on the streets of Panyu Bridge and walking into a coffee shop in the downtown may be a moment of inner peace for urbanites.
There's coffee, there's a story
Drink coffee in the Xifang compound
It's like walking into Alice in Wonderland
"Laimi Coffee", which opened in S3, Block 18, Xifang Compound, Shiqiao Street, has just opened for less than two months, and it quickly became popular in the "girl world". The interior decoration of "Lemmy Coffee" is mainly creamy white, a bit Korean and a little French, and each corner is arranged in the most popular INS style, "playful and cute family style", "lace retro window in front of the quiet wind", "pink carousel", "simple girly style", "princess's room......", "seems to have entered Alice in Wonderland", "God, I actually took more than 400 photos", "I shot a scene for more than two hours", "I feel like I can shoot for a day, super beautiful"...... The rave reviews on the Internet exceeded the expectations of the beautiful girl proprietress .
Every corner of the store is decorated in a variety of popular INS styles
"The opening of the new store, I also like to take pictures, originally wanted to release it on the major platforms, to promote their new store, I didn't expect that this year's "May Day" period will be busy with us, there are a lot of guests every day, from morning to night, I didn't send any photos, but attracted a lot of Internet celebrities to spontaneously come to check in, it's really a super surprise. The owner of this coffee shop full of girlish hearts is a "post-00s" long-legged little beauty named Tian Yueqi. "I'm from Hubei, I studied in Panyu, I live near the Xifang compound, I've always liked Panyu, and I can say that I don't want to leave when I stay. I like to take pictures very much, I like beautiful things, and I have almost been to photograph all the beautiful shops around Guangzhou. After graduating, I wanted to open my own coffee shop based on my own interests, and I also inspected many places around Panyu before opening the store, and finally felt that the Xifang compound on Shiqiao Street was the most suitable for my own store opening idea, so 'Laimi Coffee' was born in the Xifang compound. ”
A little Korean and a little French, the style is very popular
Cute and lovely food
Combined with the cute style of the store, the food of "Rimmy Coffee" is also cute, and the cloud drink, delicate decorated taro cake, and the colorful yogurt bowl have also gained a lot of "fans". While this "new Internet celebrity" is still in its infancy, the Panyu sisters who are close to the water should arrange a check-in as soon as possible.
Chef Peng makes coffee
A sense of relaxation hidden in the old neighborhood of Sando
"Shiqiao people all know 'Yongnan Noodle Shop', our coffee shop is next door, and now many young people place an order for a cup of coffee in our store, and then go to Yongnan to sit down and eat a bowl of wonton noodles and then come and take it away." The collision between the old and the new almost every day occurs at the corner of the third hall of the city bridge hidden in the city, and Master Ye, one of the bosses, introduced it to the reporter a little shyly.
The signboard is very down-to-earth, with a traditional white iron base and eye-catching red lettering
"Master Peng Brewing Coffee" is located at No. 46, Santang Road, Shiqiao Street, on the corner of the intersection, the traditional white iron bottom and the conspicuous and eye-catching red font are very eye-catching, the store is not large, with a small number of seats, mainly for takeaway. Whenever the sunset penetrates the old neighborhood, sipping a cup of coffee under the big tree, and looking at the bustling intersection, isn't this the trendiest "street lax feel" on Xiaohongshu?
Out of his love for local culture and the neighborhood feelings for Santang, the "post-00s" Master Peng followed the "ghost herbal tea" in Shawan Ancient Town and the "post-99" Chef Ye made another bold attempt, innovatively crossover herbal tea and coffee, pineapple beer iced American, buffalo milk latte, brown sugar ginger and ginseng water...... Just by hearing the name, I want to buy a cup and try it right away!
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The group of young parents who went to Nanyangli Primary School every day to pick up and drop off their children from school became the first batch of regular customers of "Master Peng". "Pretty boy, help me with the whole glass of buffalo milk latte, and come over to get it when I pick up the child." "Okay, no problem!" Simple interactions, staged every day around the corner of this lively old neighborhood, seem ordinary but warm and detailed.
Master Ye brews coffee (first from left)
Master Ye, who graduated from the electrical engineering major, also engaged in the corresponding profession in a decent manner after graduation, and the dull 9 to 5 made him germinate the sprout of entrepreneurship. "When we first opened the store, we received a lot of comments, and some neighbors thought we were stupid, and it would be difficult to open a 'trendy' coffee shop in an old neighborhood. Some neighbors felt so new that they came to our store to check in. Although we had already been prepared to 'keep the store', to our surprise, it was loved by the surrounding neighbors soon after the store opened, which greatly increased our confidence. Master Ye told reporters that this shop is no longer a profession but a career for him, and they hope to promote coffee culture through this down-to-earth and humane way.
Street Loose Feel
Many neighbors also did not hesitate to praise the innovation and nostalgia of "Master Peng", "The coffee shop in the old neighborhood of Shiqiao, compared with the surrounding market atmosphere, this coffee shop is different. I ordered an afternoon tea set, buffalo milk coffee and pineapple buns, looking at the scene of traffic and people coming and going at the intersection, (I) sat here and sighed for coffee, and I felt very relaxed for this moment. "The boss is a young man with a lot of feelings and ideals, and their dedication to Lingnan culture and local feelings touched me very much, as a local Shiqiao person, I am very grateful to them for their efforts to activate the old Shiqiao area. As a new generation, we may be able to do very little, but it is better to do it than to give up. Therefore, I no longer judge the quality of 'Master Peng' from the perspective of pure food, but also the injection of emotion. Whether I arrive at the store or order takeout, every time I see 'Guangzhou, Panyu, Santang', thousands of memories will be churning. ”
Open your heart with art
Be healed in a coffee shop
"If you feel that no one likes you, then like yourself fiercely, until one day, someone who likes you appears, and you have a common hobby." This is the self-description of a coffee shop called "Jing" in the courtyard of Xifang. Rather than saying that this is a coffee shop, the reporter prefers to call it an art (hetero)art space, a "healing café".
The self-report of the "Jing" coffee shop (photo provided by the interviewee)
The decoration style of the store is very "boyish", but every space and corner is full of a strong artistic atmosphere, and it also has some mystery, so friends who like art should not miss it. "Ice drip coffee is the main attraction of our shop. If you are not used to drinking coffee, you can order a cup of flower tea, and then you can talk about art with us. ”。 As the saying goes, "leaves fall back to the roots", Deng Wenjie told reporters that with the relocation of the cooperation team, and out of familiarity with Panyu and love for the Xifang compound, he simply opened a personal studio and set the studio in the Xifang compound in Shiqiao.
The outdoor space of the "Jing" coffee shop (photo provided by the interviewee)
As soon as you walk into the store, the original resin work "Ten Thousand Disasters" and the large graffiti painting hanging on the staircase wall on the long platform in the center seem to be able to reach the heart and read people's hearts. Deng Wenjie, the director of "Jing", is a little-known local artist in Panyu, who began to paint at the age of 11 and confirmed that he wanted to take the road of art at the age of 15. "For me, art is not my profession, but my life, or a part of my life." In that year, he ranked second in the CAFA Art Examination in the country, one of the top ten cutting-edge designers in the country, and won the gold medal of Guangdong Province Design...... Along the way, art has made Deng Wenjie famous, but from the beginning to the end, Deng Wenjie simply regarded art as a "bosom friend".
The store is full of a strong artistic atmosphere, and it also has a bit of mystery (photo provided by the interviewee)
"God made a joke, I didn't have a choice, when I was a child, I couldn't go to an ordinary school normally because of mental illness, and I was admitted to Guangzhou University as a special student for art in the college entrance examination. At the beginning, because of the purity and quietness of art, it became the best way for me to communicate with the outside world. It wasn't until I went out of society that I realized that art could not only help me, but also make more people happy and satisfied. So I started thinking about how I could make it accessible and enjoyable to more people. According to Deng Wenjie, he will hold some public art classes in this art space from time to time, hoping to help some children with mental illness through art. If I knew in advance that there were children participating, I would also bring my daughter with me and let the children lead the children. Deng Wenjie told reporters.
A corner of the store
In the café culture, Shiqiao may not be very sharp, but this old town is never lacking in vitality, and it contains a lot of accumulated momentum. These creative and warm coffee shops are not only because of the "brain-opening" of the "new new humans" in Shiqiao, but also because of the tolerance and innovation of the city of Panyu, which allows them to muster up the courage to try and develop their own "new track".
Curators: Chen Haisheng, Hu Putian
Text and photo: Liu Ruimei (except for the signature)