“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this year’s World Baristas – the semi-finals...”

The next morning, when the game arrived as scheduled, Sakura was in a stuttering mood waiting for the next game in the contestant area.After yesterday's round of fighting, only 12 players from the world's 50 regions certified by the World Coffee Association have a chance to enter the next level of competition, and six of the 12 players who reached the semi-finals will enter the final after today's competition.Once in the final, regardless of the win or loss, all players have the opportunity to win the trophy certified by the World Coffee Association.However, for every barista who enters this stage of the competition, only winning the annual barista competition is the best proof of their ability.

Now, Sakura is about to work hard to compete for the six places to reach the final, once the final qualification, whether it is for Sakura himself, or for Sakura's coffee shop is a cause for celebration.Because in the past year, no Japanese player has ever made the top six, and no one in all of Asia has won the title of the international barista competition so far.

"Here... we welcome the finalists to enter the final stage, the first to step into the arena, she is to bring us the most mysterious coffee so far - Linzhong Xia's barista Miss Sakura, from Tokyo Sakura Coffee!"

With a not too warm applause in the venue, Sakura stood in the same place in the front of the venue to make a salute, and then walked into the stadium with a smile.For such a competition, because it is held in an Asian country, there will not be many people in the audience who come to watch the competition except for coffee practitioners.However, if this event is placed in the more developed European and American countries where coffee consumption is more developed, it will definitely be a remarkable game.As one of the world's three major beverages, coffee has developed into a pivotal industry in this era.In some countries, coffee is used as the economic lifeline of the country.In this industry chain, the most valuable is specialty coffee.Therefore, once you win the World Barista Competition, it means that the coffee in Sakura has become one of the best coffee in the world.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, today's game is divided into two parts, first of all, the players should be four cups of milk coffee for the four referees on the court, and then four cups of creative coffee."When the referee drinks, the player can guide and explain his coffee...”

After hearing the master of ceremonies on the field again reminded the players of the new rules, Sakura silently nodded in her heart, and then, when the game was announced, she devoted herself to the production of coffee.

Before making a milk coffee, you first need to make a cup of pure Espresso, as a kind of coffee that does not mix any other ingredients, Espresso can be said to be the most test of the quality of the coffee itself and the barista roasting skills.After some reflection last night, Sakura chose the second grinding again when making Espresso, so that the particles of the coffee powder can be more delicate, so that the contact area of hot water can be increased during the extraction process.

After experiencing skilled grinding, plucking powder, and pressing powder, Sakura placed the handle on the coffee machine, and then deliberately extended the extraction time in order to get more aromatic substances from the coffee.

When the cherry blossoms were made by Espresso, because the grinding and extraction time was more complicated than that of the players, the players on the field have begun to complete their works.At this time, the cherry is still adjusting the temperature and delicateness of the milk in a tight and slow manner in order to prepare for the final pull-up link.

"Well, now only Miss Sakura from Japan has not finished her work, and just now we noticed that Miss Niu seems to have taken a second grind of coffee.Does he want to increase the presence of coffee in the milk coffee?Oh, that’s really confusing!”

When the cherry leaves a white cherry blossom pattern in every cup of coffee with skilled and dexterous hands, the judges on the field can hardly wait to see the cup of milk coffee made in the forest summer.

"Gentlemen, please wait a little, if you can, I want you to taste the cup of coffee in front of you in two steps, first of all, please taste the first bite, wait 30 seconds, please taste the next part!" 」

Hearing that the cherry blossoms actually began to guide the steps of the judges to drink coffee, the scene immediately gave the cherry side, and then the venue also cut into the sound of the microphone worn on the cherry collar.

"If I guess well, the first thing you should taste is the sweetness of this grain similar to the roasted oat roll, which mainly reflects the aroma left by the caramel substance after the coffee is roasted."And after 30 seconds, you will taste aroma similar to a mature pomegranate.”

Under the guidance of the cherry, several referees first put up the coffee cup, carefully tasted the taste of the first cup of coffee, indeed as the cherry said, this cup of coffee tasted, there is a similar to roasted oat rolls of grain aroma, and this aroma tasted with milk is particularly matched.So when everyone tried the coffee that had been deducted, everyone put down the coffee cup on their hands, and then carefully waited for the taste after 30 seconds.

“Now you can taste the next thing!”

Under the hint of Sakura again, the judges on the court raised the coffee cup in front of them again and then seriously tasted it.At this time, I don't know how many people in the whole field are paying attention to the situation on the cherry side, and everyone is curious whether the milk coffee made by the cherry is really as magical as she said.

"Next, because the coffee is a little bit colder, coupled with everyone has already experienced the sweetness of the milk, so the fruit aroma is more easily found, talking about this, I am reminded of my first contact with the forest in the summer of the situation, when several of my friends tasted the Espresso made by the forest gem summer, we said different fruit aromas."In fact, this has always been very confusing to me, until I later bought the land there to build an ecological coffee garden, I found that even the adjacent two trees there will reflect different fruit and flower fragrance.

Hearing the Sakura's explanation, the judges present all nodded their heads, and the magic of the cup of milk coffee was beyond their imagination.It is no exaggeration to say that being able to drink this cup of coffee may be the most proud thing for everyone this year.