重新認識咖啡的浪漫史 I
One of the main products or lifestyles we are about to promote on Much Love is the clay pot roasted coffee. Before getting into the coffee business, I think I should tell you about the story of how I met the coffee you are about to drink.
在這裡其中一個我們主要推廣的商品或生活模式就是陶鍋烘焙咖啡。在正式進入這個咖啡主題之前，我想我應該先講述一下我是怎麼重新認識咖啡的故事。
I love the smell of the coffee; I used to drink a lot of coffee and loved it. Until one day, drinking coffee started to make me feel sick. Every time I drank coffee, my heart started to beat really fast, skipping beats and I started to get agitated. I thought I was sensitive to caffeine, and it was the caffeine that made me feel sick. But strangely enough, I am fine with drinking tea, coke cola and other caffeine-containing beverages. For that reason, I stopped drinking coffee for a long time.
我曾經很愛喝咖啡，喜愛它散發出來的濃郁香氣，更愛每天狂飲個兩三杯！直到有一天咖啡讓我感到不舒服，每次喝了咖啡就像中毒一樣，我的心跳開始加快、心悸，開始感到全身不自在。我一直以為我是對咖啡因過敏，但是很奇怪的是，我喝茶、可樂跟其他含咖啡因的飲料都沒啥事。因此，我有好長一陣子，都不再喝咖啡。
One day, I took my wife, who is addicted to coffee, to this small coffee shop near my thrift store called “Ze Coffee”. The owner/coffee roaster convinced me to drink his coffee. He got this confidence in his smirk and promised me that the coffee he roasted was so fresh and pure, it won’t make me feel sick at all. He was right, it was the best coffee I’ve ever tasted!! And best of all, it didn’t make me feel sick. From that day on, I started to drink coffee again!! But only the coffee roasted from that small coffee shop.
有一天，我帶我著有極度咖啡癮的太太去了一間離我們二手商店不遠的小咖啡店叫做”嘖咖啡”。那裡的老闆/咖啡烘焙師傅說服我一定要品嘗他的咖啡，他還露出自信的笑容跟我拍胸脯保證他烘焙的咖啡非常的純淨，喝了他的咖啡保證不會感到不舒服。他說對了，那杯是我喝過最好喝的咖啡！重點是，完全沒讓我感到心悸或不舒服！從那天起，我又開始喝起了咖啡，但是只喝從嘖咖啡烘焙出來的咖啡。
During that time, I was going through a family crisis. My mom was sick in the hospital, and I had to leave my thrift store unattended for days or even months. So, I posted a notice on my page, asking if anyone was interested in sharing the space at my store, so the store space can be more utilized instead of being shut down all the time. Then one day, the owner of Ze Coffee who I’ve only met once, messaged me and told me that he was interested in selling coffee at my store. From that day, a wonderful friendship and partnership has started. And the amazing journey of clay pot roasted coffee has started for me as well.
在那個時候，我的家裡剛好出了一些事。媽媽生病在醫院，所以有好幾個天甚至幾個月，我大部分時間都不在店裡。我想要讓店裡的空間有多些友善利用，不想任由他荒廢著，於是就在我們的頁面上放出訊息，看是否有人願意來分享店裡的空間。有一天，那時候只見過一次面的嘖咖啡老闆跟我聯絡，說他有興趣來我的店裡賣咖啡。從那天起，一段美麗的友誼及合作關係就這樣開始了。而我陶鍋烘焙咖啡的旅程也在那個時候開啟！！
If you are currently in Taiwan or think about going to visit Taiwan, map below is their location. Or go visit their website at Zeroast.com. Go sit down and enjoy a cup of fine roasted coffee!!
如果你現在人在台灣或有準備去拜訪台灣，下面地圖是他的位置，或去拜訪他們的網站Zeroast.com！！ 歡迎去他們店裡坐下，享受一杯優質的精品咖啡。
There are more to this story, please keep following our page for more stories to come.
後續還有更多關於重新認識咖啡的精彩故事，請持續關注我們的動態！！