I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 128



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Episode 128

I quickly checked outside at the sudden noise.

Just a moment ago, I thought it was time to wake him up since he was sleeping so quietly, but now I’m screaming…

I wondered what was going on.

Did you have a nightmare or something?

“hungry.”

“……ah.”

No, that’s not true.

I just woke up because I was hungry.

It’s not a big deal, thankfully, but I feel a little empty.

Well, it’s time for that. But this is a cafe, not a restaurant, so it’s a bit ambiguous to have a proper meal.

“How do you usually eat here, sir?”

“Me?”

At that moment, Han Song-i heard Kim Ha-na muttering and asked.

Hmm, me… … Sometimes I just eat bread, and sometimes I eat rice and side dishes I brought from home?

“I eat about that much. I’ll eat dinner at home anyway.”

“Wow! If you eat like that, won’t you be hungry?”

“I didn’t really feel that hungry because I often ate snacks.”

If you eat what you find in the garden, you will not lack in nutrition.

I was also very full.

But when I actually answered, it seemed like I was eating a little poorly.

Compared to before.

‘At that time, I had a feeling that I was going to work and eating like crazy.’

My meal times were irregular, and I worked a lot of overtime, so I would eat late at night and binge eat… … Anyway, I ate a lot.

My body actually uses more now, but I don’t eat that much anymore. Could this be due to the influence of Manseonggong and Aura?

“Anyway, I think it would be good to eat soon. Can you tell me if there’s a good restaurant nearby?”

“It’s a good restaurant… … .”

Her question made me worry without me knowing.

And come to think of it, the number of times I’ve eaten out since coming here is only a handful.

Is there a good restaurant I know?

Oh, there is one. It’s the fresh seaweed I ate while working in the fields.

It was clearly brought from a restaurant run by the daughter of the old man who owned a rice paddy in town.

“First of all, I think I remember the bibim noodles that we ate together before, author?”

“That’s right! That was really delicious. Hey, should we have some bibim guksu? It’s so hot outside.”

Kim Ha-na jumped up after hearing Han Song-i’s words. Of course, she meant that she would eat it.

Well, while the two of them were going to go eat and come back, I was thinking of eating something simple and doing the rest of the work… … .

“Would you like to come with me, sir? Oh! Or would you like to have some take-out and eat it outside with us?”

“Yes? No, you don’t have to take care of me.”

“Hey, let’s eat together anyway. Okay?”

“Okay, I understand. Then should we eat here like you said? I have some other things to do… … .”

“Yes! Okay!”

“Then, please. Ah! I’ll give you a bowl, so let’s wrap it there.”

Since it’s in the countryside, there’s a chance that it won’t be packaged, and you’ve been working and volunteering at an animal farm recently.

That’s why I started to care about disposable containers and things like that.

I’ve never done anything like that in my life.

‘It seems like it’s strangely unusual.’

Words said with a slightly embarrassed feeling hidden.

but.

“Wow! Great! But did you make this?”

Hansong-i welcomed it as if she hadn’t even thought about it.

No, judging by the way you looked at me, are you interested in the bowl I handed you?

It was a wooden bowl the size of a salad bowl. It even had a lid attached to it.

“I didn’t make it. My grandfather made it.”

Most of the wooden items in the cafe were made by my grandfather.

“Aha! Grandpa… … So that’s why the boss is also good with his hands! Anyway, we’ll go get the noodles packed!”

“yes.”

It made me laugh to see the two of them going out, chattering noisily like high school girls.

It seems like it’s nice to have a friend over.

Since both of them weren’t in that state when I first saw them here, I feel even more proud.

“Then until the two of you come… … .”

I spread out the baskets containing the roasted coffee beans.

Although they were the same beans, the roasting level was slightly different. Naturally, the taste was also different, so I was thinking of blending them now.

“Should we take them down one by one first?”

To properly combine the flavors, I divided them into groups by the degree of stir-frying and tried them one by one.

Strong distribution, medium distribution, weak distribution.

First of all, roasting was done in three major categories.

I can divide it further if I want, but I still lack experience, so I’ll try this for now and try again if it’s not enough.

“First of all… … .”

I decided to start with coffee beans roasted in a light roasting process.

The truth is that coffee taste, like other foods and drinks, is ultimately a food of preference. So there is no right answer.

If I’m going to eat it, I just have to adjust it to my taste.

But since this is a cafe, we first test what kind of taste it has and what kind of taste it can produce.

So that we can serve it according to the customer.

‘The grinding is fine.’

I set the grinding degree in the grinder, emptied the contents, and ground the roasted coffee beans.

Then, the aroma inside the coffee beans spread more strongly.

Of course, the coffee was made with a hand drip.

Keep the amount of water the same and the dripping method as a regular drip.

It was a method of delicately controlling the water flow and also controlling it so that it was constant and not interrupted.

There is no right way to do it.

There are easy and simple drips called pour overs, but I just did it because I had the talent for making wood chips.

Swish~

I carefully poured water in a circular motion starting from the center.

As soon as the water touched the coffee beans in the roasting pan, a coffee aroma like the scent of flowers began to spread in all directions.

Because the coffee beans were fresh, they reacted with hot water and released the gas they contained.

But that scent… … .

Very rich and fragrant.

‘Is it because it dried in Tori’s cave?’

Or maybe it’s the coffee beans themselves.

Since I tested it leisurely unlike last time, I may be able to perceive the scent better.

Anyway, the important thing is that I already like the test that has only just begun.

“Still, I have to taste it.”

I decided to taste the extracted coffee.

A pleasant scent close to the scent of flowers entered my nose before it even reached my tongue.

And the coffee that entered my mouth… … .

‘It’s not coffee, it’s more like flower tea.’

The sour taste that I was worried about was not very noticeable.

Usually, if you brew the coffee beans incorrectly, it can have a sour taste like lemon that is so unpleasant it makes your stomach hurt, but this was not the case at all.

Rather, there was a subtle sweetness that matched the overflowing floral fragrance.

“It seems like it’s because the pulp has completely soaked into the coffee beans… … .”

I don’t know the reason, but I feel better because I enjoy the good smell and taste.

The body is light, so it would be good as is or with ice.

This seems like the perfect coffee for summer, doesn’t it?

‘I think it would be better if the coffee beans were ground finely.’

I tried changing the grind size of the coffee beans, and it seems like a finer grind is better.

Okay, I’ve had enough of this, next up is the heavy version.

This was also tried in the same way.

Then a slightly different scent emerged.

“Fruit? Nuts?”

It was a scent that was somewhere in between the sophisticated and slightly fruity scents.

When I tasted it, I thought it tasted like the taste of nuts put inside semi-dried fruit and chewed it?

At first, it had a fruity aroma and a strong sweetness, but soon my mouth was filled with the rich flavor of nuts.

“It’s the same coffee bean, but it’s really different.”

Normally, no matter how differently you roast it, the taste wouldn’t be this different… … Is it because Sooksook’s coffee beans are special?

It felt like they used completely different beans.

That strange feeling suddenly occurred to me.

I think that since the auras that Sooksook has absorbed are diverse, it also produces diverse flavors.

‘Hmm, is it because I’m in a bad mood?’

I guess that’s a bit too much?

The spectrum of tastes is so diverse that it was just a guess.

“The body feels just right.”

This was so rich that I thought it would go well with milk.

We also changed the conditions to see which flavor came out better.

Then, in some cases, the fruity flavor was stronger, and in other cases, the nutty flavor was stronger.

“Then lastly… … .”

We decided to test the coffee beans from Gangbaejeon.

I’ve already done this once before, so I already had an idea.

But since I was a bit absent-minded back then, I decided to be a bit more certain this time.

‘As expected, you’re strong.’

I feel like the scent is sinking heavily.

It had a rich dark chocolate-like scent.

It had a heavy body and a deep floral scent.

Are the ends connected?

It was a floral scent that was a little different from what I get from a pharmacy, but it suited me.

“Everything is good.”

I liked Sooksooki’s coffee beans so much that I couldn’t leave out even one.

If I drink this, I won’t be able to go back to the coffee beans that my grandfather bought.

Of course, there is a limit to how much Sooksooki can make from coffee beans, so they will have to mix them appropriately or sell them in limited quantities.

‘If the ssuksuk grows more, will it bear more fruit?’

It was already a big plant, but I had a feeling it would get even bigger.

But it won’t continue to bear fruit, so it will be limited.

Anyway, after testing them by dividing them into three major types, I wanted to try blending them… … .

“Huh? Why are you there?”

Suddenly, I felt a gaze and looked towards the door, where I saw Han Song-i and Kim Ha-na.

But if you came, why are you doing that?

“I have a feeling that I shouldn’t disturb you.”

“Hmm, the guy who makes the coffee is quite a picture.”

I tilted my head at Hansong-i and Kim Ha-na’s words.

What’s wrong? And what’s the picture?

He showed a puzzled expression at Kim Ha-na’s words. Should we really say that this was the kind of behavior that Han Song-i would show as a friend?

The two of them have some odd similarities.

“Boss! Excuse me, I’ll just take a picture.”

“Huh? A picture? Why?”

“Logo, I just had an idea of ​​what kind of feeling I want the logo to have.”

“Ah. Yes, then go ahead.”

Well then, it’s not difficult. I just did what I was going to do before.

“Naturally~ Right! I like it! It’s a pictorial, a pictorial. The background is also a painting… … Do you ever think about becoming a model?”

“Oh my, what about the model… … .”

I felt this way when I first met him, but he seems like a very pushy person.

When I think back to how I originally saw it, the change is so great that I wonder if that memory was a dream.

“Is it okay now?”

“Yes! Okay!”

Kim Ha-na puts down her phone, takes out a pen, and begins writing here and there.

It feels like I’m writing down the idea of ​​the logo I mentioned earlier.

I was curious about this, so I asked.

“But what does that feeling feel like?”

“Oh, that? Um… … It’s a bit hard to put into words… … .”

She frowns at Ami and ponders how to explain it. At that moment.

Gulp~

A different answer came back.

“Well, then should we eat first and then talk?”

“… … Yes, that’s right.”

I also happened to be drinking a lot of coffee for the test, so I needed something to fill my stomach.

* * *

We spread out in a shelter under the shade of a tree and ate bibim noodles.

As expected, the emotion I felt back then was not an illusion. The bibim noodles I ate after work were delicious.

“This place is really delicious!”

“Right? There’s a reason the police officers line up there.”

Kim Ha Na’s eyes widened as she ate it for the first time, and Han Song Yi felt proud of herself for no reason.

But the police are also lining up?

“I went there today and there were so many people. It was a really popular restaurant with people lining up.”

“Really? But there was a police officer standing there too?”

“Yes. I see that you took it home with you. I see that there are firefighters and civil servants there.”

It seems like this is a place where not only the police but also local government officials gather.

‘Then it’s certain.’

Because the fact that local government officials go there for lunch is a surefire guarantee for a great restaurant.

On a hot day like today, my lost appetite comes back, so the season is perfect.

The bowl was emptied in an instant.

and,

“What did you feel like using for the logo earlier?”

“I’ll tell you if you give me a cup of coffee.”

I forgot to ask that in a hurry. I decided to just go get some coffee.

We both wanted something light and fragrant, so we blended them together on the spot.

And when the coffee comes down… … .

“This is it.”

Kim Ha-na showed me a picture drawn on a tab. It looks like it was drawn while pouring coffee… … .

“What is this?”

“The image of the owner and the background of the cafe matched so well. So I drew it to represent the owner making coffee inside a wooden cabin. Since it’s a logo, I’ll have to make it simpler and more symbolic.”

Kim Ha-na explained the meaning of the logo, but that wasn’t what I was asking.

The reason I asked is… … .

‘Oh, is this Auraji?’

There was a shimmering light drawn on what appeared to be a cup filled with coffee.

Of course, it wasn’t a real aura, it was a drawing of an aura…

How can you not see something that only I can see?

“Oh, this? It’s just, what should I say, when I see the boss sitting right there in the kitchen, it looks like he’s casting some kind of magic on the drinks. What do you think? Doesn’t it sound good?”

“I thought so too! Hana is a genius after all.”

At Kim Ha-na and Han Song-i’s words, I took my eyes off the logo and raised my head.

Then, the flower of talent above Kim Ha-na’s head was in full bloom, emitting an aura.

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