On August 31st, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily learned from Haidian District that the "East West Cultural Dialogue" international youth coffee culture exchange course of the Zhongguancun Graduation Season International Youth Exchange Series in Haidian District was recently held at the International Talent Innovation Laboratory on Xueyuan Road. More than 40 young people from Haidian, China and abroad, gathered at the scene and used coffee as a link to start an East West cultural dialogue.
Haidian District, as a core area for the gathering of domestic universities and the enrichment of scientific and technological innovation resources, gathers a large number of Chinese and foreign graduates, international students, and young practitioners. The Zhongguancun Graduation Season International Youth Exchange Series of Activities focuses on four major goals: cultural exchange, career empowerment, innovation driven, and brand building. It includes eight themed activities in four areas: cultural exchange, career development cultivation, science and technology innovation project roadshows, and international youth growth exchanges.
At the event, Su Le, founder of Brewtopia Coffee, shared the theme of "Coffee Across Cultures – From the Ethiopian Plateau to Beijing". As the second generation of coffee practitioners in Ethiopia, Su Le starts from the origin of coffee, the Ethiopian Plateau, vividly introducing the traditional coffee hospitality ceremony and community culture that has been passed down for thousands of years, and sorting out the cross regional dissemination of coffee. He proposed that coffee has long surpassed the beverage itself and become a cultural carrier that carries folk memories and connects people.
In the practical teaching session, Liu Bai, partner of Yanyu Coffee Baking Factory, SCA certified coffee instructor of the American Fine Coffee Association, and Qgrader mentor, conducted hands-on coffee and Italian latte art teaching for the young people present. Based on the experience of the entire industry chain, he explained the characteristics of the three major coffee bean categories, the basic principles of coffee extraction, demonstrated the techniques of controlling the water temperature and adjusting the powder water ratio of hand brewed coffee on site, demonstrated the key points of milk frothing and basic pattern latte art, and transformed professional knowledge of specialty coffee into easy to understand practical teaching, leading young people into the world of specialty coffee.
Subsequently, young people from China and abroad were grouped for practical exercises, completing hand drawn extraction and coffee latte art, and tasting each other's works. It is reported that this coffee culture exchange course adopts the form of "theme sharing+skill teaching+practical experience", integrating cultural exchange into daily scenarios.
In the future, the Zhongguancun graduation season international youth exchange series activities will continue to carry out characteristic activities such as international youth career development open courses, Sino US science and technology innovation project roadshows, international youth psychological growth, and urban integration, building a normalized exchange platform to attract more international youth to settle in Haidian for development.
Reporter Wang Bin from Beijing Youth Daily