我終於達成了心願,出生平第一杯咖啡和書。
學生會攪攤位遊戲日,同事E二號提議顧問老師自己攪檔賣二手書,承蒙原裝同事E借出咖啡機,「COFFEE + BOOKS」就這樣出場了。昨晚上罷夜學,就跑了超級巿場一轉,買杯買咖啡粉買美祿買牛奶買濾紙,要考慮客量考慮成本還要想想賣不完自己如何把剩餘物資一概吞併!
原只打算咖啡飄香,滿足自己的浪滿情懷,而最終銷情也好像只有五、六杯,另外有些是友情大贈送。我們用按電掣的蒸餾咖啡機,滴滴滴要五分鐘,每壺最多只三杯。「客人」(即係學生啦)要等,做生意既真係唔好意思。不過慢慢滴才悠閒,趕時間就不如去對面攤位買汽水好了。
書都是老師捐出來,數量不多。一把年紀,少年書早不復存在,可捐的肯放棄的早交到公共圖書館了;太深的書又捐來無謂,自己也拾捨不得。上週翻開一陣霉味的書箱,又重頭檢閱一次我的青春期,現在不會再花錢買那些小說漫畫與短篇,購回來的應該需要珍藏也不會肯送掉。
開一檔「COFFEE + BOOKS」,十分需要耐性,不單咖啡要一滴滴溜出來,書也賣得慢。一來賣的都是舊書,二來老師的口味與學生有點距離吧,或許現在的年青人也不喜歡看書,有兩、三本金庸賣不出去,連幾米也剩下來了。E二號急得上台公告縮在一角的書攤,我笑說做文人啊,就得捱一點。有學生替E二號買了本誠品好讀,我也賣出了本英文版的海底二萬呎。另一本我從日本二手書店帶回來的英文書,看見同學捧走了,登時想起那個與書結緣的「漂書」行動。書本的長征,過程漫長又有趣,也實在十分微妙呢。
Miss Lee,
回覆刪除下次可以試用French Press方法,一兩分鐘便可弄好一杯芬芳香濃的咖啡.只需買一個French Press咖啡壺,然後到Starbxxxx 買咖啡粉,我提議他們那名為"Muan Jai"的咖啡粉(香味,濃郁度及口感皆好,酸度又不高,好貨色!),請他們把咖啡粉磨成合適French Press的粗幼,即可隨時飲用,十分方便,容易清洗,慢慢享受吧...
p.s 如果你在銅鑼灣,不妨到SxGx的超市買些獨立包裝的UCC Coffee Cream,方便使用兼存放,令你的咖啡更香滑!
I have completely given up on French Press. By the time the coffee is brewed, that is after 3-4 minutes, the coffee is not hot enough, and after adding cream or milk, I can forget about it unless I want to add ice to make iced coffee.
回覆刪除I use a stovetop expresso maker, a cheap one, for my daily at home coffee consumption, it's quick and it's hot. And it's good for single serving for one person, or two or three people.
I like coffee all right but I am no expert.
For your book fair and coffee event ... did the kids go hyper after downing some coffee from you?
It's your season, enjoy.
我認為少年人還未到懂得欣賞咖啡的階段,在學校賣咖啡注定無運行。
回覆刪除Miss Lee,
回覆刪除妳由前路茫茫到前程錦繡,內心必經歷不少起伏。如咖啡一樣:咖啡豆不在壺內被折騰一番,又怎會熬出盈香誘人的味道?我衷心祝福妳人越大越有味道。
銷情不佳可能與攝氏36度氣溫有關
回覆刪除如果事先製作一些咖啡冰和咖啡JELLY
兼賣凍飲
大概會有多D人欣賞吧
I don´t understand nothing :)
回覆刪除檢閱一次我的青春期...我的青春期。成個戲名咁, 寫返個上下集賣行佢!
回覆刪除這也是我的志願呢! 我常常在想, 要是正職賺得穩定了, 就可以開一間COFFEE AND BOOK. 或是 小物& BOOK. 放工就去坐坐吹水, 蝕少少當娛樂費都好.
回覆刪除出生平第一杯 咖啡和書 既然是Miss Lee 的心願,那用太介意是否有效益;
回覆刪除在高格調的餐廳點一味名貴菜式,假如一分鐘便送到餐桌,恐怕只會予顧客一種快餐店的感覺;有時還是有意無意地保留一點空間比較有意思!只要用心經營,顧客是否有深度地去欣賞那杯 咖啡和書 相對地變得不太重要 ,況且經驗告訴我們不可輕看少年人對事物的觸覺。
找到自己的理想,勇往直前,享受當中的過程;很多時人生苦惱只因為太清醒,多少次因為預算得過份精確而埋沒了許多的機會和樂趣!
做咖啡jelly的意念很好,可是啊,你們知道嗎,這小攤子賺那丁點錢,全部都會回饋學生會,但成本是各老師自掏腰包的,即是零成本啊!所以買獨立包裝的小牛奶啊是沒有可能的了。不過倒好像給我伍說,滿足心願,玩玩兒就不用計較那麼多了。看來,看一攤咖啡與書,是不少人的共同心願呢!
回覆刪除what do you think about the f.1 student class allocation exam in hong kong?
回覆刪除sounds like it's not fair that students' secondary school allocation is influenced by results of previous students. why the secondary school allocation is not determined by the individual student alone? yet, maybe this is how the world works or doesn't work.
i guess most of us want to have a reputable school name in our cv. yet the school reputation is largely based on what we see from previous students and faculties. all these names in our cv have significant influences in our lives and may not have any relationship to our individual capabilities.
isn't it largely accepted that we look at the cv and make an educated guess on an individual's potential or ability?
很好玩的經驗啊 :)
回覆刪除看過侯孝賢的《珈琲時光》,很羨慕在日本神保町有許多二手書店。在香港同類型的書店不出十間,專售文史哲書籍的就更少。
回覆刪除俗語云三歲定八十。真希望香港人多多閱讀,以身作則,讓我們下一代可以從小在咖啡的氤氳和書香中成長。