Let me introduce you to a cafe that is like a select hideaway.

The name isYuzuriha(ゆずり葉).

This cafe is really hard to find. Cause it is in the middle of a lot of houses. First I heard the place from my friend, but I could not make it , the place was too complicated. I had to look up on the internet and find a map. Even with the map it was really hard to find.

I went to Yuzuriha to eat lunch just before my job. The first thing I thought was " This looks like a house." There was a fascia, so the place was right, but it was so like a normal house.  

when we looked at the menu there were many coffee and cakes on the menu. There were also a list of a lunch set.
There were many lunch set to choose. Such as beaf curry, chicken,fish and two kinds of hanburger steak lunch. I had a hanburger steak lunch set and it was really good. All was good, but espesially the hanburger steak was great. The sause matches with the meat and the atmosphere made the taste even more better.
As I told you at the first, This cafe looks like a normal house. Even the inside of the house is really homey.

Today I'm going to introduce about the coffee shop where I work. It's near the Mito station by next to the movie theater. Deferent from other café is that we have smoking room and it separated, so non-smoker doesn’t have to worry about secondhand smoke.

 

We have a lot of kind of coffee like dripped coffee, latte, mocha, americano, and also milk tea, but it might be a little expensive to students but we have the confidence about the taste. We sell not only coffee but other things like beans, coffee machines, and equipment to make coffee.

 

Tully's coffee's coffee beans can be divided into three types. Light Roast, Medium Roast, and Dark Roast. I like the Medium type beans the most, especially House Blend is my favorite. This bean is the original blend and the taste is wonderfully balanced with medium body.


 

Our staff is called a fellow and we have two kind of job to do. First is the casher who takes the orders and next is the barista who makes and serves the coffee. I like to be in the bari, cause I enjoy making coffee now. When I started doing this job I really didn’t like to be in the bari, cause there were too many things to remember. Such as the recipe, execution, and the phrase we have to say when we serve, but now I been working for more then two years, so I have the confidence.

We’re passionate about coffee.

But as much as we love great coffee, we know there’s no big secret to enjoying it. You don’t need a world-class palate to enjoy it, or a foreign language to talk about it. Great coffee is a simple pleasure, a straightforward joy that’s easy to share.
At Tully’s®, we pour our excitement about coffee into every cup, and yet we take our time. Slow roasting brings out the richest, fullest flavor. Our handcrafted approach creates a deeply satisfying cup, and you’ll taste the care we take in every sip.

When you make a latte or anything else, espresso is very important. Good espresso dicides the taste of the coffee.

Espresso is a beverage brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure through the coffee beans. It is the base for other drinks, such as a latte, cappuccino, mocha, or americano.

Espresso has more caffeine per one cup than most beverages, but the usual serving size is smaller—a typical 60 mL of espresso has 80 to 150 mg of caffeine, little less than   the standard 240 mL cup of drip coffee.

The surface of espresso is called crema. It is important not to break the crema when you pour it to the cup. Good espresso has beautiful crema.

When we drink espresso we have to choose size. Mostly there is two size, single and double. There is usually only two sizes, because the for it has a amount for 60ml. Also when we use espresso for other beverages, we call it a “shot”.  

　

Angelo Moriondo invented the first espresso machine in the world. That is why he is one of the most important 19th Century contributors to the development.







I am working on latte art since I started working at a cafe. It is hard, but it is really interesting.




The word barista is of Italian origin, and a barista is a male or female "bartender", who works behind a counter, serving both drinks such as espresso, coffee and cold alcoholic beverages, not a coffee-maker specifically.

 

 Making Latte

 To have a coffee that a professional barista made is great, but making a coffee by yourself is also great. Especially making a latte is a lot of fun. Cause not only the taste we can enjoy the art. Like the picture.  

    

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