Chapter 245: A Trip to Longwan (2)
Xu Wei really smiled and said: "Actually, if you want to say that the most expensive coffee in the world, Blue Mountain coffee is not qualified, at most it is the second most expensive in the world." The most expensive coffee in the world should be called an outlier cat poop coffee. ”
"Cat poop coffee?" Chen Qingdong couldn't help but ask in surprise, he really hadn't heard of this term, and besides, he really couldn't figure out how mellow coffee could be prefixed with "cat".
Xu Wei seemed to expect Chen Qingdong to have this reaction, explaining: "In fact, the full name of cat poop coffee should be 'civet cat poop coffee', in fact, the civet cat eats the ripe coffee beans, but the civet cat can't digest the coffee beans, and has to excrete them again, it is from the civet feces that the coffee beans are re-extracted, and then after a series of procedures such as thorough cleaning, deodorization, and processing, these coffees have become the world's top cat poop coffee." ”
When Chen Qingdong heard this story, he couldn't cry or laugh, and asked, "Could it be that the coffee beans have changed after a civet cat's stomach?"
"Not bad. Xu Wei smiled, "According to scientists, after these coffee beans pass through the civet's digestive system, the protein in the coffee beans will be broken down into very small particles, which will make the coffee beans more mellow during the grinding process, and the civet's digestive system will digest some specific proteins in the coffee beans, thereby reducing the bitterness of the coffee beans." After such a transformation, the coffee beans are also like a genetic recombination and have a special mellowness. ”
Chen Qingdong joked: "It turns out that the civet cat helped these coffee beans become genetically modified food. It's just that the person who first discovered this method was really bad. ”
"Actually, this delicacy was discovered by accident. Xu Wei explained, "Legend has it that there was once an Indonesian who got a can of fine coffee beans, but he was reluctant to drink it for a while, so he hid it, but was accidentally eaten by a civet cat. As a result, the civet was unable to digest the coffee beans and excreted them all the next day. This Indonesian man is very thrifty, and when he saw that there were whole coffee beans in the cat feces, he picked out these coffee beans again, and after cleaning and processing, he grinded these coffee beans to make a cup of coffee, only to find that this cup of coffee tasted very good, and he had never drunk such a good coffee. That's where the cat poop coffee comes from, and this Indonesian has also stumbled upon a special gift from nature to humans. ”
Xu Wei seems to be very fond of coffee, and when she talks about these things, she is simply eloquent. After seeing through this, Chen Qingdong deliberately looked for a topic in this area to bring him closer to Xu Wei.
"Hehe, this story is interesting. Sister Wei, after hearing what you said, I really became interested in coffee, and I will definitely drink more coffee in the future to understand this knowledge. Chen Qingdong said as he liked.
Xu Wei said happily: "Okay! Actually, drinking coffee is very beneficial, and it is also very interesting to learn some coffee knowledge, and we can also communicate more in this regard in the future." ”
Chen Qingdong wanted to communicate now, so he said: "Sister Wei, you are an expert in this area, and I have to learn from you in the future." Is there cat coffee here? Why don't I treat you to Sister Wei, you have a drink. ”
Xu Wei said regretfully: "Things are vaguely expensive, the output of cat poop coffee is very small, there is no cat poop coffee in our small Longwan City, and I only drank authentic cat poop coffee when I was studying at the University of Toronto." ”
Chen Qingdong couldn't help but be in awe when he heard that Xu Wei had studied at the University of Toronto!
Chen Qingdong knows that the University of Toronto is one of the most famous universities in Canada, and at the same time, it can also be ranked among the top universities in the world, attracting the top students from all over the world to study every year, and its international status is much higher than the two highest universities in China.
And Xu Wei actually graduated from the University of Toronto, which shows that her arrogance actually has capital.
When Chen Qingdong was still lamenting Xu Wei's high education, Xu Wei said again: "Actually, not only cat poop coffee, but even the Blue Mountain coffee we drink now is not authentic Blue Mountain coffee." ”
"Is Blue Mountain coffee so scarce? Can't we buy it here?" asked Chen Qingdong curiously.
"Yes!" Xu Wei said regretfully.
"In fact, Blue Mountain coffee is divided into three grades: Blue Mountain coffee, Alpine coffee, and Jamaican coffee. And only coffee produced in the land above 1,600 meters above sea level in the Blue Mountains is the real Blue Mountain coffee. The annual production of these coffees is only 7,800 tons, and 90 percent of the coffee is exclusively for Japan, and the remaining 10 percent is sold to other countries in the world except Japan...... Hehe, with this amount, you can imagine how difficult it is to drink an authentic cup of Blue Mountain coffee. Even in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai, only the best cafes have authentic Blue Mountain coffee. Xu Wei said with regret.
Chen Qingdong only knew that China's top tea, such as the real Da Hong Pao, actually only has four tea trees, and the tea leaves picked every year must be handmade by the top tea masters.
I didn't expect that, in addition to tea, it turned out that coffee also has these ways.
But then I think about it, whether it is tea and coffee, they are all kinds of drinks, of course, only those dishes in the country of origin can be called authentic, and those in other places are considered "fake", in fact, the reason is similar. But if you want to say that the taste of tea or coffee is really very different between "authentic and fake", "fake" must be better than "authentic", in fact, it may not be the case.
As for the truth in this, Chen Qingdong is now unwilling to bother to think about it, so it is better to leave it to people who have money and leisure to ponder.
Chen Qingdong just followed Xu Wei's thoughts and said: "What a pity! Shouldn't Blue Mountain coffee be produced in Jamaica? How could the Japanese monopolize such a large share of Blue Mountain coffee?"
Xu Wei smiled bitterly: "This is a historical reason, it is difficult to explain in one word, it can only be said that the Japanese are still very discerning in this regard." ”
Speaking of this, both of them were a little regretful and a little embarrassed, and they both picked up the cup of Blue Mountain coffee in front of them and took a sip.
Maybe it's because Chen Qingdong hasn't drunk authentic Blue Mountain coffee, and he feels that the taste of this cup of coffee is already very good.
After chatting about coffee for a while, Chen Qingdong felt that Xu Wei's tone of voice had become much more cordial, and the relationship between the two seemed to be much closer.
Chen Qingdong thought to himself, it seems that now is not the time to talk directly with Xu Wei, so he chatted with Xu Wei about a light topic again, considering Xu Wei's arrogant character, Chen Qingdong mainly asked questions, and Xu Wei answered, most of the time, Xu Wei was talking, and Chen Qingdong played a loyal listener.
Maybe it was because she laid a good foundation for the atmosphere when she talked about coffee just now, Xu Wei seemed very talkative, and her conversation and thoughts were very insightful, which made Chen Qingdong sigh that girls who grew up in big cities and went to study abroad are different.
After chatting, Chen Qingdong learned that Xu Wei was five years older than him, graduated from another university in Huaihai Province - Huaihai University of Technology, studied business administration, and after graduating from the bachelor's degree, he went to the world-famous university in Toronto - the University of Toronto for exchange and study for a year, and only returned to Longwan last year and entered the Red Star Department Store to work, and now he is the deputy chief of the personnel department.
Chen Qingdong couldn't help but sigh, Xu Wei is not only a beauty, but also a talented woman, and at a young age, she has already become the deputy chief of the personnel department of Longwan Red Star Department Store after just one year of work!
Chen Qingdong knows that although the Red Star Department Store belongs to the enterprise and does not refer to the management of civil servants, according to the private statement, if the chairman of the Longwan Red Star Department Store is divided according to the administrative level, it should be equivalent to a department-level cadre, then the personnel department is also about equivalent to a department-level unit, and the deputy head of the personnel department is at least equivalent to a deputy section-level cadre.
Converted to the government, that is, the level of a deputy mayor of Shuangshan Town.
However, considering that Xu Wei is the deputy head of such a key department as the personnel department, and it is not the same as the deputy section chief of other departments, according to Xu Wei, she is likely to be promoted to the head of the market section this year, which is equivalent to a department-level cadre. If you compare Shuangshan Town, it is the same level as Wei Hailong and Gao Kun!
And for Xu Wei, in fact, it is just the beginning, which is called the future is limitless!
Chen Qingdong thought about his last life in the town government for more than ten years, and he was still a 10,000-year-old clerk, he really had to sigh, people are really incomparable!
However, this time, I will definitely not repeat the mistakes of the past!
In addition, although Xu Wei did not talk about her life background, from Xu Wei's experience, Chen Qingdong can also roughly guess that Xu Wei will definitely not be a girl from ordinary families.
Chen Qingdong is very interesting, since Xu Wei doesn't mention it, he won't take the initiative to ask.
After talking about a lot of things about herself, Xu Wei seemed to feel as if she had been talking all along, so she also asked Chen Qingdong about his situation.
Chen Qingdong also told Xu Wei about his "file", and after speaking, Xu Wei praised him, saying that his conditions were very good, and Chen Qingdong himself felt that if he only looked at his experience in the past 22 years, it was really okay.
Although his family is ordinary, his parents are on public food, and although the family is currently powerless, they love each other and have a harmonious family.
He himself has been a top student in the school since elementary school, although later in the first year of high school, because of the "spring heart" , fell in love with Zhang Meng, which led to a decline in grades, but then reflected on it in time, and encouraged each other with Zhang Meng, as a result, the grades of both of them rose steadily, and finally when the college entrance examination was completed, he was admitted to Huaihai University with high scores, Zhang Meng was also admitted to the English Department of a Normal University in the provincial capital, and now after graduation, they returned to Liulin County at the same time, Zhang Meng became the English teacher of Liulin No. 1 Middle School, and he was also admitted to the civil service with the first place in the comprehensive score, which has become a good story in their middle school classmates!
If it weren't for being squeezed out by others, he would be an honorable clerk in the county government office now, even if he is now assigned to Shuangshan Town, judging from the work of the past six months, he is still very promising.
Thinking of these, Chen Qingdong has strengthened his determination to manage his career well! Such a good starting point must not be wasted!