262 Expecting Miracles
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"Cran, a villain like you will not have a good ending."
Liu Wenrui forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart.
Cran shrugged, "Simon, you have to know. The grudge between us is not only a competition in the company, but also a personal grudge between us."
"I know, you want to buy coffee beans in Kenya and sell them to China. I can guarantee you now that our company will send someone to contact every coffee farmer you come into contact with."
"Unless you can give them a higher price, I can tell you now that you won't buy even a single coffee bean in Kenya."
"Hank, I really didn't expect that you were such a person."
Looking at Hank walking over, Liu Wenrui said softly.
Wang Shasha's expression when she looked at Hank was also full of anger. Such a person is even more slim than a villain.
Hank shrugged, "Mr. Simon, I'm sorry, Sunshine is really too powerful, far more powerful than you think. Maybe I personally don't care about them, but I have my family."
"Although what you said is also a reason, I still can't accept it. Hank, you will regret your decision." Liu Wenrui looked at him and said.
"Mr. Simon, we are all adults. When we consider issues and make decisions, we tend to be in favor of ourselves, right?" Hank said with a calm expression.
Old Liu was happy, "Hank, I still want to congratulate you on successfully advancing to the finals."
His sudden congratulations made Cran and Hank stunned.
Cran shook his head and smiled, "Simon, I admire you very much now. But I won't become soft-hearted just because I feel pitiful."
"Actually, your farm is no longer important now. No matter what you operate in Kenya or other countries, I will try my best to influence you."
"Even if you hide back to China to open a coffee shop, I will do my best to influence your coffee bean purchases. Maybe those low-end coffee beans are OK. You have to pay a high price to get any fine coffee beans."
Lao Liu also smiled and nodded, "Welcome, we just need to increase the transaction price for the Kenyan coffee transaction. I was not going to buy so many fine coffee beans, which were too expensive. I still prefer the raw beans that were traded at the auction, which are all great."
At this time, Hank glanced at Crane, Crane nodded, and Hank left to prepare for the next game.
Cran was actually a little disappointed. He thought that Lao Liu's blow could be even greater. It would be interesting to be knocked down by this incident. However, he did not expect that he would persist and still feel in the mood to watch the next final.
What about this person..., well, to describe it in Chinese language, that is "a big heart".
I really admire Lao Liu. Anyway, he felt that he would not be able to hold on if he had been. Because he had already made it clear that he would have to block all his business. But not only these coffees, but also future tea.
Of course, even though he was a little impressed, he became more interested in dealing with Lao Liu. Not only was he not ruthless, but he also had to be more devoted.
This was a personal grudge. The biggest shame of his life was that anger and vomiting blood. He not only wanted to play with Lao Liu, but also had to play well. If Lao Liu was too weak and was punished to death by him all at once, he might be disappointed.
"Brother Liu, why are they so annoying?" Wang Shasha complained.
Liu Wenrui grinned with a wry smile, "This is the magic of money and power, which can make many impossible things possible."
"What should we do? Can Miss Du do it? If Miss Du can't get a good name again, it will be over." Wang Shasha said worriedly.
"Come on, you can only take one step at a time. Now we have no choice but to look at it. Maybe we can only expect a miracle to happen." Old Liu said with a wry smile.
He himself didn't know what kind of mood he should be in now. After all, this competition gave him more understanding of coffee brewing.
Just the coffee brewed today, any cup of coffee that you brew should be better than him. As he had understood before, such a level of coffee competition has surpassed the coffee itself, but a complete system. The brewed coffee is just the last concentrated expression.
Du Jianing's performance this time was really good and reached the finals. But are the rest of the people weak? Of course not. Not only are they not weak, but they are also very strong people.
The order of the finals was randomly selected, with Du Jianing in third place. Although it was only half an hour to wait, Lao Liu felt very distressed. He didn't have the same enjoyment as he had just admired the coffee brewing process. Are you feeling different?
Seeing Du Jianing on stage, Liu Wenrui became even more nervous.
"Dear guests, welcome. This is a photo of the cafe I work for. In this wonderful place, every day I make the most unique coffee beans in the world for Chinese coffee lovers to taste."
This is Du Jianing’s opening remark. The smile on his face is very natural and confident, which makes Lao Liu feel a little relieved.
"So today, I will explain to you my brewing method first, and then let's taste coffee together. It's the same as my daily work, so everyone can relax and let me explain to you my exploration in this coffee." Du Jianing began to say again.
At the prompt of Du Jianing, the thinking judge sat on the stool of the operating table.
Du Jianing, behind the table, also began to operate formally. She first introduced the reasons for choosing this cup and filter paper, both for the purpose of more even extraction and obtaining a cleaner and clearer flavor level.
Then she introduced the choice of grinding method. It is secondary grinding. After the first coarse grinding, the silver skin of the coffee beans will be removed. After the secondary grinding, the flavor and clarity of this cup of coffee will be improved again.
Next, the water she chose was very special. Lao Liu was stunned for hearing this, and calcium and magnesium ions were added. Lao Liu felt a little fantasy. Is this making coffee?
He was still a little nervous, but now he was unknowingly attracted by Du Jianing's explanation and the method of growing coffee on the stage.
The flushing method Du Jianing adopts is in segmented form, and it is divided into three sections. The dosage and speed of each section have their own requirements.
After rinsing the water, Du Jianing announced the specific parameters of today's cup of coffee: 16 grams of coffee powder and 240 grams of water, extracting 190 grams of coffee liquid. The water temperature is 94 degrees Celsius, and the extraction time takes 1 minute and 40 seconds.
Then it was the stage when she shared coffee with the four judges. Lao Liu grabbed Xiao Miaomiao's hand and tried a little harder.
But he couldn't tell from the faces of these judges how they felt about this cup of coffee. Maybe this is also the basic skill of every judge, and he always had that kind of smiling expression.
"It is obvious that the coffee roasting degree today is very light. It is very interesting. The coffee beans in this coffee were fried and roasted by hand five days ago. Today we tasted it, and it was its best taste. Its fruit flavor and sweet taste have been maximized."
"I chose sl-34 coffee beans, which have a better fruit flavor and more special. This cup is also specially designed. When the coffee is injected into the widest part of the cup, there will be a larger surface area to release the aroma, and then all the aromas will gather together at the closing point of the cup."
With Du Jianing's explanation, the four judges also held the cups and slowly tasted them. This was not a simple drink, but a serious taste.
Du Jianing's preparation was also very sufficient. As the coffee temperature dropped, she would explain the various fragrances contained in each temperature.
It is very meticulous and time-consuming, but this link is the most direct display of this coffee bean. Because when you drink it, it seems that what you taste is not the same coffee, but many.
This is a skill, Du Jianing's ability, and Lao Liu can't do it. This is related to her brewing method and water use. It makes her originally a bit erratic, complex and changeable taste fixed.
If Du Jianing had studied it more thoroughly, she would have been able to rush out the specified flavor.
This is the true master level. Lao Liu is complacent about his own coffee bean taste, and Du Jianing gathers this variety of changes together.
If the original coffee was a beast that unscrupulously released its fragrance, then the current coffee is a trained beast, which will be more ferocious than before.
Liu Wenrui slapped her thighs excitedly, which scared Xiao Miaomiao. I don’t know what happened to her father, but she even beat her and played.
Cran also looked at Lao Liu in surprise, and shook his head for a moment. He thought to himself, what can you do if your country participates in the finals?
Du Jianing's demonstration is very charming, and that's what Lao Liu thinks anyway.
The next one is Hank. Although Hank is more serious in terms of performance. Even when introducing, he focused on introducing that the coffee beans he chose was his own coffee beans, but Lao Liu was really not happy.
Because he knows what's going on, Hank is now laying the groundwork. He is just to humiliate his coffee beans after announcing the results of the game.
At this time, Cran became even happier. He watched Hank's performance for a while and looked at Lao Liu. The ugly the face of Lao Liu, the better the expression of Crane was.
What can Lao Liu do? No matter what, he can only silently bear the "autumn waves" sent by Clan.
Chapter completed!