Zhong Qiaohui’s lips curled slightly, she knew that Gu Nuan’s strategy had already succeeded by half.
As for the other half, it was bound to surprise all the manor owners present even more.
Soon, whether it was the judges, the contenders, or the spectators, everyone noticed that Gu Nuan and her team were not just making the three cups of coffee required by the competition.
All kinds of coffee beans, perhaps representing all the local coffee plantations, were placed into categorized jars, and then the brewed coffee was served in uniquely shaped paper cups.
It appeared as a delightful and ingenious vista.
The entire spectator area was buzzing with excitent over this.
"I like their style; it really looks like they are enjoying the competition rather than competing just to win the championship," soone comnted.
"Oh, I’ve always thought that coffee from Carlochi’s manor deserves a dinosaur-shaped cup, and now, look, their coffee is actually served in a dinosaur coffee cup. I’d really love to have a drink of that coffee," another added.
A manor owner from Carlochi who was also competing, his face suddenly changed.
Were his coffee beans dinosaur-shaped?
Luca shuddered suddenly, tugging at ng Haoran beside him, "What kind of cup do you think they’ll pair with our coffee beans?"
Last ti, their manor’s coffee beans had accompanied Zhuang Haoran to the world championship throne. It would only be fitting to have a throne-shaped cup, he thought.
But the three coffee paper cups that Gu Nuan’s team handed to the judges were in the shape of cute babies.
The veteran judge, Mon Okachi, only needed to sip and taste to discern that the coffee beans used by Gu Nuan’s team were unfortunately from Luca’s manor.
"Turns out, Luca’s coffee beans are baby-shaped," judge number two, the radio host Steve, energetically engaged with the audience’s mood, touching his chin with a finger, giving Gu Nuan’s group’s coffee a full-fledged review, no longer showing disdain as at the beginning, but instead observing with entirely new interest.
The mother and daughter from the Yang Family began to feel perplexed.
They did not understand what was happening. They could see the other two judges, seasoned ones, turning their attention toward Gu Nuan’s team.
Indeed, the coffee that Gu Nuan’s team had made tasted so ordinary. What was going on?
They didn’t get it, didn’t understand at all.
Madam Yang kept shaking her head.
Amidst the audience’s cries, Steve, serving as a judge and along with Mon Okachi, put forth inquiries to Gu Nuan’s group.
"Why did you think of using these types of cups for serving coffee? Is it to catch the eye of the general public? You should know, what we seek in coffee drinking is the coffee itself, not the cups!" he pointed out, seemingly looking for flaws.
The Yang Family’s mother and daughter pair perked up, thinking that, of course, this was the case. Surely it would be absurd to choose the champion of a coffee competition based on the cups rather than the coffee itself.
Zhong Qiaohui and Gu Nuan exchanged glances. Then, Gu Nuan stepped forward and said, "What you’ve said is not wrong, respected judges. Coffee cups ca into being for the sake of enjoying delicious coffee, and even led to competitions like this one. But when it cos down to it, is coffee itself a sin? Does it have a grade? It’s people who have given coffee its grades. True, we want to enjoy the best coffee, but we shouldn’t, because of this, waste any coffee bean, just like the education we received as children not to waste a bit of food. The greatest baristas, manufacturers, and producers should all treat every coffee bean fairly. As long as a bean isn’t spoiled, no matter its taste, it should be allowed to express its best side. What we want to present to everyone is precisely this philosophy."
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