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Many people's evaluations of Xiamen are very polarized, and if they only go to Gulangyu Island, a tourist distribution center, they will probably be annoyed by the various Miss X cake shops milk tea shops.
However, if you visit the old streets of Hachishi, various wet markets and cafes, you will definitely have the urge to move in. Especially in the cold to the freezing point of Jiangnan winter, you can also open your collar and walk in the warm sunshine of Xiamen. This time I came to Xiamen, mainly to visit friends and drink coffee.
Amway a lot of powerful cafes, all the way down, really bad not to say, the atmosphere of each home is so comfortable, not too many people, full of design, baristas will also use a little Taiwanese Mandarin to chat with you unhurriedly.
Back in Shanghai, although delicious cafes are everywhere, even on weekdays, they often have to wait for seats, look around, all are people working with computers, and baristas don't have time to talk much.
Nothing represents the temperament and rhythm of a city more than a café, and falling in love with Xiamen also starts with coffee.
Happy No The Fall
The first time I came across it, I had to make an appointment with a regular customer for coffee. Happy to be brought by local friends, I have long heard that the boss has a very gentle personality, even if he is not too good at coffee, there is no need to feel restrained, the boss will patiently guide you to feel.
Lebu is on the ground floor of a residential building in the community, the entrance is like a tropical botanical garden, and there is also a hedgehog called a puffer fish. Le whether is mainly a baked bean-based studio, supplying many coffee shops in Xiamen, and now it is occasionally open to the public, but before it is past, you must make an appointment with the boss WeChat.
A hedgehog called a pufferfish
In addition to the small coffee room, there is also a design item sold from all over the world next door, and I actually saw the same small flower plate that I had just brought back from Japan.
The three cups of items drunk that night were boiled with a siphon pot, and I was not familiar with this brewing method before, thinking that it was similar to hand punching, "different, the temperature of siphon is more stable, and the water temperature of hand flushing is easy to reduce the impact of flavor."
No matter how small the problem, the boss will also explain carefully. I chose a very favorite white bone china cup, the temperature of the coffee brewed by the siphon pot is relatively high, and if you are afraid of being hot, you have to blow for a long time before you dare to drink.
The first cup is Bolivian wine-brewed coffee, a less common appellation with the flavors of cedar, sherry liqueur, and red wine (the boss says), and this link is like a test of imagination.
"But I really don't drink a very accurate flavor, do you need special training?"
The boss gives the impression that no matter how much difference in our cognitive level of coffee, we can discuss it equally, "It is indeed a bit abstract, and different beans are compared to try to drink." ”
Mild-mannered owner
Next I want a cup of Kenya, and the flavor of plum and berries is more. Suddenly I heard the boss sigh, "Oops rushed." The water entry point of the siphon pot is very important, just now that point just saw my son playing with the fruit knife over there, I was distracted, and helped you flush again. If the cup is broken, drink it as a comparison. ”
Some comparisons found that this cup had a burnt taste to drink, and the second time it was successfully boiled was a sour taste that made the mouth very comfortable.
"So what exactly is the right point of entry?"
"I'll make you another cup and show you that point in time." The bean, be named Beethoven, is from Costa Rica but has an Ethiopian twist, and the most interesting one he's found recently includes Bach and Mozart beans. ”
It turns out that the siphon pot to brew coffee to observe the water temperature with the naked eye, and when the bubbles slowly move from the edge to the middle, the water temperature is almost 92 degrees, which is the best time point, and then maintained at about 89 degrees, and the coffee brewed is just right.
"Beethoven" has flavors of citrus, lemongrass and strawberry, which may require me to use my imagination, but the delicious taste comes from intuition, and after drinking a few models, I will have a ranking in my heart.
The charm of the piece is that it can infinitely expand the two-dimensional world of coffee, getting rid of the monotonous bitterness and acidity. At that time, I was fortunate to be born in the era of the rise of the third wave of coffee. If you were born decades earlier, wouldn't you only drink inferior instant coffee? Maybe it still feels delicious, every era has its limitations, and the only thing we can do is enjoy the cup of coffee in our hands.
Adacrew
Located on the old street of Shengping Road, it looks like a café that is out of place with the surrounding tobacco and alcohol snack bars. After the meal, I wanted to drink a cup of Australian white, and the boss came up and asked, "Do you want to be more bitter or a little more sour?" ”
"Be bitter."
AoBai is a favorite drink recently, because the video of the flowers being projected on the wall of his house is pulling flowers, and he talked about Mr. Junichi Yamaguchi, the winner of the %arabica. Just at that time, there were no other customers in the store, so they and the boss watched the %arabica pulling video on the instgram.
On the way, a little brother rushed in, "Last time I borrowed three bottles of milk from your side, come here and pay it back." ”
The boss pretended to be angry and said, "Hey, I use the flavored fresh milk ordered from Taiwan, and you still have my XX ranch." "The café actually has a feeling of "Please Answer 1988" neighborhood mutual help.
Noticing that the boss had Adacrew's tattoo on his inner arm, he was a little embarrassed, "With this thing, it is estimated that I will stay in the coffee industry for a lifetime." ”
Turn mountain coffee
After eating creative Sichuan dishes nearby, I walked to the Zhuanshan Cafe with my friends, and sure enough, it was the appearance of a small community shop under the residents, and it was still full of customers at 8 o'clock.
The girl in the corner holds the computer to type, the children in the fleece bear clothes run around the door, there are couples while waiting for coffee while playing their mobile phones, and the mountain does not have the high cold feeling of most boutique cafes, but the homely atmosphere of passing through it is very easy to go in and sit.
In addition to the single product hand punch, more popular is several kinds of coffee ice drinks, of which zhuanshan ice point coffee is the signature, but unfortunately limited to 6 cups a day, "today is relatively warm, so it has long been sold out, otherwise there may be oh at night." ”
Zero point coffee is like a snow-melting Mt. Fuji, composed of ice milk and hot concentration floating on it, it is too bitter at the first entrance, the milk will be heavy after stirring, and it will be a little greasy to drink after dinner. Dirty coffee is relatively comfortable, eliminating the process of milk foaming, and can also be made at home when lazy. The hot latte ordered by a friend is said to be very smooth, and the details of the pulling flowers are also very good, and each cup is about 22 to 25.
The name of the shop is taken from the movie "Turning The Mountain", and it was later learned that the child running around the door was the daughter of the owner and his wife, called "latte".
Like Leno, the couple café is reminiscent of Japan's family-style small restaurants, izakayas, family and partners, and children who grow up in the aroma of coffee will have a love for coffee in their genes.
Chai Coffee
Hanakuma
Speaking of his family, because of the blessing of a pastry chef who graduated from Le Cordon Bleu in Japan, it seems to be more like a French dessert shop. Ordered a Japanese yuzu and caramel flavored dessert "Hanakuma", the acidity will be better to highlight a little, and it will be a little greasy to eat later.
Originally did not have much expectations for coffee, wanted honduran sun sun kaduai, very cute little sister after grinding beans to give me a smell, "originally it was sweet and heavy, but today I grind a smell, actually have the smell of barbecued meat!" ”
"Haha, it's better to roast beef."
The single product hand punch gives an ice and a hot two ways to taste, the sour taste of the ice will be stronger, the hot is just right, there are jackfruit and almonds and red wine flavors, the combination is very romantic.
After staying in the store for more than two hours, the three baristas have been brewing and tasting in front of the bar, quietly and fiercely discussing "how to present a good cup of coffee to the guests", and sending us a small cup of gem summer tasting, and you can feel the heartfelt love for coffee through the air.
21 Gram
Very designed, as soon as you enter the door, you are surrounded by a thick metal and three-dimensional sense, a bit like the "Me and the Temple of Earth Cafe" in Beijing, and there is a girl on the distant steps who is still drinking coffee, like an endorsement model.
The overall aura is that it is cold, and I dare not even take out the computer, for fear of destroying this atmosphere.
The barista is two girls with short hair and neutral style, a look at the menu, milk coffee is actually only 20 pieces, almost the price and production of Bangkok boutique cafes, in the big city is simply unimaginable.
Latte's personality is a little weaker, the overall level is above the average level, the item has no chance to drink, passing by the café where it is still very comfortable to sit.
Lahua is a bit broken
Barista Honor
In a narrow, pure white house at the end of the sand slope, Barista Honer, like a hole in the sky, had to squeeze into the door on his side, and there was a small room with four tables, and the rest were bar counters against the wall.
Two cool little sisters in doing Italian and hand punch, want a cup of Ethiopian hand punch, it is said that it is still in Italy to win the bean, the price in Xiamen is relatively high, 50 yuan a cup of single product hand punch, the taste does not match the brilliance.
But Barista Honer is the type of café where you can hide by yourself and chat with people, next to college students watching dramas, young men who are immersed in hard reading, and two cute fat cats!
Originally, the birth of the café is that people need a place with a strong social function, and our colleagues who share a good cup of coffee can talk about the flavor of beans, but also talk about food, literature, and life.
Once the most famous café in Europe, whether it is Prague, where Kafka often visits, or pushkin café in Moscow, literary café in St. Petersburg, and flower café in Paris, are all places where literary and art celebrities gather to talk about it, but unfortunately the coffee is not very good.
Cafe Lourve
In these cafes in Xiamen, you can harvest good coffee and meet dedicated and interesting people.
Photo/ Leaf Sauce, Xiao Ran
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