Gradually, the morning rush faded and the café slowly returned to desertion.

Generally speaking, the café in the morning rarely has customers who come and sit there to drink coffee. So, this is the best time to do some teaching.

At noon, some guests order a light meal, and in the afternoon, some sit for the afternoon. From opening in the morning to closing in the evening, the peak period of turnover is mainly concentrated in the morning and afternoon.

Senior Barista: "So, how to latte art this time." ”

Latte art has always been a more beautiful mood in coffee. A lot of times, watching a barista latte art is a great treat.

The simplest, not in the shape of a heart, but in the shape of a leaf.

Because the heart shape is good or bad, you can tell it at a glance. But if it's a leaf, who knows what kind of leaf it is?

The milk is poured into the middle tank, the position of the trachea is adjusted, and the senior barista begins to milk it. At this time, he demonstrated a technique called hanging cylinders. That is, after having enough milk foam, no longer hold the milk tank with your hands, but put it on the coffee machine and let the trachea continue to beat the milk.

In this short period of time, the senior barista quickly compacts the coffee ground and feeds the handle into the water outlet of the coffee machine. Press the water button and a glass of espresso begins to flow slowly.

At this time, the milk temperature in the milk tank is only about 60 degrees. The senior barista holds the milk bowl and adjusts the angle slightly to adjust the rotation speed of the milk.

Soon, the milk foam is ready.

And the espresso continues, of course, because the espresso is made without human intervention, and the coffee machine automatically stops when the water is out.

The senior barista holds the milk bowl in his right hand and gently knocks on the countertop a few times, shaking the milk bowl slightly, so that the milk begins to rotate with the milk foam.

"Rotating it this way allows the milk froth to mix better with the milk. This will add flavor to latte art, or other coffees that require the addition of milk. ”

Soon, the espresso was ready.

Kabu's cup is slightly shorter, not as tall as a mug. Moreover, as a teaching of latte art, the large diameter of the Kabu is also easy to see clearly.

The senior barista gently shakes Kabu's cup with his left hand, allowing the espresso inside to swim along the walls of the cup. Holding the milk jar in your right hand, slowly pour the milk into the espresso.

This "slowly" is the most difficult for novices to grasp. In many cases, it is too slow, resulting in a large layer of milk foam on top of the milk. If this happens, the milk foam will become a separate lump and end up falling directly on the coffee.

If this is too fast, the milk foam will be poured into the cup along with the milk. At this time, the amount of milk is not enough, and the whole pattern is not well formed. In addition, the position of the first milk injection is rarely the position of the pattern that the latte art wants.

Milk froth is the paintbrush, and once the milk froth is in, the coffee is already a little white on the canvas by the brush. How to smoothly paint with the white brush of milk foam takes a long time to practice.

The senior barista has naturally mastered it, and slowly injects the milk, and the color of the espresso is visible to the naked eye, and the amount of milk coffee mixed in the cup gradually increases. The position of the milk is not always the same, but it is similar to の.

From the middle of the cup, to the periphery. Allow the grease of the espresso to spread evenly.

When the milk is poured to a certain point, the milk foam will enter the cup with the milk. At this time, the entry of milk foam is the most reasonable time and location.

It is evident that there is a bit of white in the cup. This white color appears on the edge of the cup, and the senior barista shakes the milk tank slightly, and slowly controls the milk tank to retreat.

At this time, the white in the cup takes on the shape of "zhi", like a small river bending in the coffee-colored mountains.

See, the cup of coffee is about to be filled. The senior barista raises the milk tank, reduces the flow rate, and sends the milk tank forward. This is the difference between latte art and drawing with a pen, we have to consider the flow of liquid.

After this is sent forward, the small flow of milk and milk foam is like a thin line, until the white line that runs through the previous "zhi" shape. And the fluidity of the liquid actually washed those "zhi" lines away and spread them to both sides.

Like the leaves of a tree.

And the last small flow of milk and milk foam is the vein in the middle of the leaf.

"Well, that's it. Not very successful, and I haven't had a latte art for a long time. ”

Yuan Changwen looked at this cup of leaf latte art, and it was the first time he had close contact with this kind of gameplay.

Senior Barista: "Come on, you try." Don't rush the first time, it's normal not to succeed. ”

Yuan Changwen nodded and began to operate.

It's really hard to control, and it's almost impossible for a newcomer to succeed with hand strength alone.

Yuan Changwen was a little unhappy, and used his spiritual power to forcibly control the direction of the milk foam.

Soon, the leaves appear on the surface of the coffee.

The senior barista was surprised: "Amazing! I've been a barista for nearly ten years, and I've never seen anyone so successful with latte art for the first time." Not bad, promising!"

Yuan Changwen was a little proud, and he was very happy in his heart. Then I thought that with the near-perfect control of my mental power, I might be able to break the record of coffee latte art on this planet.

When the time comes......

Shit!

Why do you want to do this yourself?

Why do characters still want to be noticed?

Cool, comfortable, and whose feelings are it?

It's all characters!

You're not dead yet!, still lurking, quietly waiting to fight back. I don't understand, why are you so tenacious, could it be that I gave you so much strength to resist such a killing?!

There are people who don't know about self-definition, there are people who know but don't want to kill, and there are people who know and are willing to kill.

However, it doesn't mean that if I am willing to kill, I can kill it. Anger, hatred, hatred, these emotions that are usually avoided are now the best source of motivation.

Yuan Changwen frowned and looked at himself, looking at himself from the perspective of a theatergoer. Is it because of that ease, is it because I still don't want to leave the mountainside?

That sense of relaxation is really comfortable, and it makes people feel that this is life. Incomparably free and relaxed, not worrying about anything in the future, because I had already given myself up and the role was no longer able to weigh and think.

However, this is not a mountain peak after all!

Yuan Changwen is a little unsure now, can he continue? Is there still anger at self-definition?

Or is there no longer any hatred for yourself, and you just pretend to hate yourself to define yourself?

Since I've given myself over, why am I still bothering about killing?

No, it's just that the character doesn't think about it, it's not the character who dies. Because no matter what, with my flesh here, then the character is always there.

Non-dualistic awareness, that mountaintop, is one's goal.

Damn it!

Didn't it stop here? Isn't there no hatred for me to continue killing? Doesn't it mean that after the first step, the rest will happen naturally?

Yuan Changwen was at a loss again, not knowing how to take the next step.