3/31/2011

任務!去買冠軍咖啡豆


在離開倫敦之前,Milly還要去完成一個任務,去幫秘密咖啡屋買些世界冠軍的烘焙豆。
http://www.squaremileblog.com/
Square Mile Coffee Roasters is the work of two people with a collective 15 years of experience in the coffee industry, spanning from barista work, machinery support and coffee training to import, cupping and roasting. We are James Hoffmann (World Barista Champion 2007) and Anette Moldvaer (World Coffee Cup Tasting Champion 2007). We are currently focused on wholesaling our coffee, and we have a small retail outlet called Penny University at 5 Redchurch Street, E2 7DJ.
線索哩~就是一個地址和咖啡豆的名稱。
好在van以網路查詢路線,還畫了一張很簡淺易懂的地圖,才讓Milly相對來說,可以順例的不迷那麼多路的~找到那在路橋下,破破爛爛鐵門後的Square Mile Coffee Roasters的[精品咖啡烘焙工廠]。
要不是鬼鬼祟祟的進去那鐵拉門凌亂空間,看見了架式十足的烘焙機,同時看見了架子上哪些看過的[歐風怪獸~神獸]圖案的[Square Mile Coffee Roasters]商包袋,還真不敢相信這是大大有名氣的冠軍咖啡豆生產的地方。
會來到這間烘焙屋買豆子,除了已經有15年的品牌烘焙咖啡豆外,也是衝着那2009年的世界barista冠軍Gwilym Rhys Davies的加持。

Gwilym Rhys Davies, was born in Cheltenham, England on 7 February 1967 and grew up in Leeds, Yorkshire. Davies took the World Barista Championship crown in Atlanta, GA, USA in April 2009. Davies had been well-known in barista in London for a few years, before winning the WBC. He was supported and trained by James Hoffmann and Anette Moldvaer of the Square Mile Coffee Roasters, who with Gwilym's win have trained and roasted the coffee for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 World Barista Champions.
就是這樣,在[工廠]內就可以看見很多關於這豆豆先生的報導剪報,只是那些他的獎杯就那樣亂堆放在架子上~很隨性的。
在工廠內,只有一個被Milly這遠道而來買豆子的東方[阿姨]弄得很HIGH的金髮年輕人。
(居然不能刷卡~只能附現金哩,差點在付不出現金的情況下,任務失敗)


後來年輕人還很好心的畫了一張~~~超超級清楚的地圖,指引Milly去一間Gwilym Rhys Davies可能會出現的咖啡室。
後來Milly真的按照指點,出了工廠,那裏轉彎哪裡前進的搭上了巴士,在走一段路~找到了那附設在男性服飾店內的咖啡角落。
可惜雖說的確可以喝到那冠軍豆的咖啡,但~Gwilym Rhys Davies不在,沒出現!
於是Milly又很厚臉皮的,請求可以將那咖啡櫃台拍下~居然沒點一杯咖啡!因為現金都幾乎用去附了咖啡豆現金勒。
那櫃台前金髮酷哥,一定以為今天遇見了一個怪咖~哈哈!

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