■Hainan Daily All-Media Reporter Lin Boxin
“Hainan’s coffee is very famous, especially represented by Xinglong.” In the Hainan chapter of the recently aired CCTV large-scale food and cultural tourism season program "Three Meals and Four Seasons", the host Sabei After drinking a cup of Xinglong coffee, Ning praised him repeatedly.
As early as three months ago, the program team of "Three Meals and Four Seasons" went to Xinglong to find the most representative coffee shop in the area. The "New Public Teahouse", one of the filming locations for the program, is not the most famous coffee shop among the more than 200 coffee shops around Xinglong Food Street, but it was chosen by CCTV for its "kindness, simplicity and sense of time". Very impressed with the staff.
The habit of drinking coffee has long been integrated into the daily life of Xinglong locals. The broadcast of the program also truly showed the audience a day in which Xinglong people love drinking coffee.
The employees in the store are repeatedly filtering the brewed coffee. Photographed by Chen Xianzhe
300 cups of Xinglong Gebiou are sold in one day
When entering the new public tea house, what comes into view is about twenty dining tables. Although it is a tea house, most of the diners in the shop order coffee. At this time, a waiter was bringing out a brewed cup of "Gabio" - extra strong black coffee.
"Gebi" is the affectionate name given to coffee by Hainanese people, while "Gebio" is a purer coffee. "It is a type of charcoal roasted coffee. When you pour it into a cup, it will form a layer of black stains. 'Ou' means 'black' in Hainanese. People in Xinglong drink coffee without sugar or milk. It is very strong. Although it is slightly bitter, it is still refreshing. People enjoy it and have endless returns,” said Huang Yihao, the person in charge of the teahouse.
The brewing method used by New Dazhong Teahouse Coffee is very traditional. Huang Yihao picked up a bag of coffee powder, poured it into the coffee bag, placed the coffee bag in the coffee pot, poured 100-degree boiling water directly into it, and then filtered it out. "This process needs to be repeated three times." Then, put the coffee bag in the coffee pot. After the coffee is boiled, shake it and pour it into a cup. A cup of Xinglong coffee with strong aroma is ready.
"There will be people ordering it from morning to night, and we can sell about 300 cups a day." Huang Yihao said.
The predecessor of New Dazhong Teahouse was the Xinglong Old Trade Union Canteen. As early as 24 years ago, Huang Yihao and his wife went out to make a living and came to Xinglong to do business. In 2008, by chance, the couple contracted the Xinglong Old Trade Union Canteen and were responsible for providing breakfast to the employees of the overseas Chinese farm. "The canteen is a structure in the front room and in the backyard. Everyone likes to sit in the yard eating steamed buns and drinking coffee." Huang Yihao's wife Li Wenjing said.
In 2011, after the old trade union canteen was renovated and the original building was demolished, the couple moved out and opened a teahouse on the surrounding Xingsheng Road, named "New Public Tea House". For Huang Yihao, the meaning is very simple, "A public teahouse, suitable for all ages." Huang Yihao said frankly that most of the people who come to the store are local residents and employees, and everyone can drink a cup of coffee at an affordable price.
The old generation’s fried bean “tradition” continues
New Dazhong Tea House is one of the earliest shops opened on Xingsheng Road. "Initially there were only two shops here. The first one was 'Vasily', and the second one was the 'New Public Tea House' I opened. A little further on, it was empty and the road was also dirt." Huang Yihao recalled, the old man After the trade union canteen closed, he moved to its current address and still attracts many regular diners. Many employees of the older generation basically drink morning and afternoon tea, chat and play chess in the store. More than ten years later, they are both customers and familiar good friends.
Grandpa Chen Zhuoming, who appeared in "Three Meals and Four Seasons", is a regular customer of the store. Chen Zhuoming is an overseas Chinese in Cambodia and the first generation bean roaster of Xinglong Coffee. “Our coffee powder comes from Grandpa Chen’s factory.” Huang Yihao told Hainan Daily’s all-media reporters that a cup of high-quality Xinglong coffee is inseparable from the roasted coffee beans. Not only must the heat be controlled, but also the timely heating Adding sugar, salt and butter, the coffee beans fried in this way are particularly fragrant. Although various mechanized devices have long been used in today's roasting workshops, the roasting concepts of the older generation such as Chen Zhuoming have been continued.
Under the awning at the entrance of the store, you can always see a centenarian sitting, who is also a regular customer of the store - Li Qingquan, a returned overseas Chinese from Malaysia. He is not only an old worker at Xinglong Overseas Chinese Farm, but also the first director of Xinglong Brick Factory. Because the workers visit every day, everyone has known each other for a long time. "Grandpa would come to the store three times a day, morning, noon, and night. Unless there was a typhoon and heavy rain, he would be unstoppable." Huang Yihao calculated that this is the fifteenth year that grandpa has been drinking coffee in the store.
Old stores usher in new opportunities
After the program was broadcast, some new customers came to Huang Yihao’s store one after another. Some people came to the door with videos, some people went to the store to start a live broadcast, and there were also Hainanese “big v” came here specifically to shoot a video, which allowed Huang Yihao to experience the power of Internet communication for the first time.
The more than ten years since the opening of New Dazhong Teahouse have also been a decade of rapid development and change in the times. Inspired, Huang Yihao opened up some new ideas. He asked his friends to help him. After intercepting the video clips, he printed some posters and planned to put them on the wall of the store. He also planned to buy a TV to play the program on a loop in the store. fragment.
"I would also like to take this opportunity to expand the promotion of the store." Huang Yihao said that until today, he has not deliberately followed the "Internet celebrity" style, but he has seen more and more tourists visiting through Xiaohongshu, Dazhong Comments and other channels came to the store, which added a lot of excitement to the store.
"We will continue to make Xinglong Coffee with our heart, and we also hope that more people will come to Xinglong and New Dazhong Teahouse during their leisure travels, have a cup of Xinglong Coffee and feel the local customs and customs of Xinglong." Huang Yihao said.
(Hainan Daily)
