Is Doing What You Love Not Easy!? - From the News of an Elementary School Barista -
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Being absorbed in what you love is
the happiest thing! I go around saying that.
While saying things like that,
I found some interesting news.
An elementary school student who is a barista!!?
And, they won a competition!?
That's a pretty catchy title.
When I read it, it's actually a very good story.
A professional who spots small talents
When Shunsuke visited the shop again and drank the same latte, he hesitated to drink it, saying, "It's more bitter than before."
The shop owner, Satoshi Nakadate (37), was surprised.
Because he had made a slight mistake in roasting that day, he had adjusted the extraction method to serve the coffee.
An elementary school student had detected a difference that other customers didn't notice.
"This child definitely understands taste."
The fact that an elementary school student drinks coffee!
is surprising enough, but
an elementary school student who can sense subtle differences in taste!
Amazing!!
As an apology, he served a cup of the highest quality "Geisha" coffee. Shunsuke drank it straight, gulping it down,
and accurately described its delicious qualities, such as its sweetness and acidity.
When it gets to this point, you have to call it a natural talent, a genius!
there is nothing else to say.
And, a collaboration with adults who notice and nurture small talents
These kinds of miraculous encounters are what make talent bloom.
The feeling of frustration when things don't go well
At the earnest request of a regular customer at Nakadate's shop,
Shunsuke brewed coffee, but he poured 19cc too much hot water.
He received a scolding from Nakadate: "A fatal mistake. Even if you remake it, you've taken the customer's time and wasted the beans."He was criticized.
Out of frustration, Shunsuke started writing a coffee diary.
On the first page, it is written like this:
<The taste was dull. It wasn't delicious. I didn't want to make anyone drink it.>
A painful mistake in the work of brewing coffee, which he loved so much!
Having that pointed out without mercy,frustrationis a feeling that wells up.
It is precisely because he was doing it seriously and was absorbed in it
that he experiences this frustration!
To put it another way,he has his own idealsproperly.
He notices that it is "different" from the image he had envisioned,and feels a sense of discomfort
.Furthermore, the urge to want to know the causeof that, and to want to dig deeper, asking "Why?".
This is the trigger for becoming truly absorbed in something you love, isn't it?
You don't need a reason to keep doing something
After that, he practiced pouring the exact amount of water over and over.
In his diary, rows of tally marks recorded the number of times he practiced.
He learned roasting by being allowed to use the machines at a specialty shop.
For the grind, he took Mr. Nakadate's advice to heart: 'Coffee flavors emerge in the order of acidity, sweetness, bitterness, and astringency.'
Just keep moving forward
There's no need for a reason for that
I do it because I want to!
To get absorbed in something you love, you don't need to set goals
Those things can come later
There's also the motivation that it's not easy, so it actually makes you fired up
A sense of mission like, 'If I don't do it, who will!?'
Feeling that there is meaning in what you do
When that feeling emerges, it gets interesting
Anyway, the desire to do it
An uncontrollable impulse is what moves people!
Once it gets to this point, the adults around him also become genuinely interested
Wondering, 'How far will he go?'
And when you provide the environment, they grow rapidly
I'm looking forward to his future!
By the way, he also likes the game 'Mario Kart' and Plarail trains, apparently
He has a side that's just like any other elementary schooler, which is heartwarming lol
By the way, the tournament he won was in Yokohama
Last year, at the 'University Brewers Cup' held in Yokohama, where contestants compete in coffee brewing techniques, he defeated 11 university students and won the championship.
His dream is to reach the world
He envisions his future dream like this.
I want to reform wages at coffee farms around the world to protect the producers.
I want to teach the recipes I learned from my mentor to my own students and spread delicious coffee further and further.
He's only in second grade!
The world, students, and so on,
What a massive scale ^^)
I realized I must be careful not to have arbitrary biases based on age...
is what I thought
Yes, although the scale is much smaller,
I had a similar experience, taking apart televisions since I was in the fourth grade.
I didn't know what it would be useful for, but I was just completely absorbed in it.
And I think that's perfectly fine.
I am so grateful to my parents for watching over me warmly!
This article was written by
Shigeki Kawahara, a "Future Realization Partner" who helps increase revenue pillars
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