Coffee! As always, after a late night, I needed my wakeup call, my coffee, this morning. And a heavy dose at that!
Believe it for not, five years ago, I was a non-coffee drinker. I disliked the aftertaste of coffee even though I love its aromatic smell. I guess it has to do with the style of coffee we have back home. Our old kampong or village style kopi or coffee is so thick! It certainly takes getting used to due to its full flavored, extra bitter taste that lingers on your tongue for hours!
The advent of Western, particularly American style coffee chains such as Starbucks, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and Gloria Jean’s Coffees etc brought to market their lighter and more milky flavors in the lights of cappuccino and lattes. These are more suited to my tastebuds and after taking the first sip, there is no turning back for me. Now every morning, I need my wakeup call, my coffee!
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Seems like South Koreans are avid coffee drinkers too. There is one coffee joint every few paces one takes within the city limits! Even in KBS drama “My Golden Life”, life seemed to revolve around coffee shops, not just as a morning wakeup call, but these are places frequented at all hours of the day and for any purpose! For business meetings, dating, confrontations, counselling, negotiating, you name it!
I love the variety of coffee places in Seoul – from foreign chains to local boutiques, especially those that serve coffee with low fat or soya milk as that is how I take mine!
Again, during my recent trip to Park Sihoo-ssi’s Birthday Tour 2018, I checked out the featured coffee shop Baristarium…and yes, I managed to squeeze quite a bit of “My Golden Life” location filming places in the three days I had! I have gone to Radio M and Coffee Bay on my previous trip.
Cafe Baristarium was where Park Sihoo-ssi’s Choi Dokyung met with Secretary Liu or Liubi after he left home and he offered him his apartment as collateral to start his business. It was also the place where Father Seo told Seo Jian to go to Finland for further studies and presented her with a one-way ticket there. I recognised it by the “Moby Dick” sign of the shop visible from its windows!
Being a weekday afternoon when we went, the shop was not very crowded but we couldn’t get Oppa’s seat as someone was already seated there. When asked what Oppa drank while he was there filming, the barista told us Caffe Latte, my choice of coffee…though I am not so convinced it was Park Sihoo-ssi’s choice. I don’t think he is a coffee drinker, unless like me, he has been converted!
In any case, their Caffe Latte went down well with me! I love their coffee selection! Thank you barista! Will check you out again next time! Now I will be dreaming of your aromatic brew as my wakeup call!
Oh…if you want some bread to go with that wonderful coffee, don’t even think to get some from that bakery where Seo Jisu worked. However good that bakery was, that Block Bakery Factory only existed for “My Golden Life”! It was nothing but a drama prop! Kekeke! 😄
唤醒提神的咖啡
咖啡!和往常一样,熬夜之后,今天早上需要唤醒提神的咖啡,而且要特大杯哦!
真不敢相信,五年前我是不喝咖啡的。即使喜欢咖啡的芳香,就是不喜欢它留在嘴里的余味。我想这与我们家乡的咖啡风格有关。老家的甘榜kampong 或乡村的咖啡风格是特厚的!需要适应,因为它的味道充足,额外的苦味会在舌头上萦绕数小时!
西方特别是美式咖啡连锁店如星巴克Starbucks,咖啡豆和茶叶The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf以及格洛丽亚吉恩咖啡Gloria Jean’s Coffees等的出现,以卡布奇诺咖啡和拿铁咖啡带来了更轻盈更乳白的口味。这些更适合我的味蕾,喝完第一口后就上瘾,没有回头过。现在每天早上,我需要一杯唤醒提神的咖啡!
看起来韩国人也是热衷喝咖啡的人。在城市范围内,每隔几步就有一家咖啡厅!在KBS电视剧“我黄金光辉的人生”里,生活似乎围绕着咖啡店,而不仅是个早晨唤醒提神的咖啡,是一天中任何时候都可以经常光顾的地方,不顾任何目的!商务会议,约会,对抗,咨询,谈判,什么场合都可以在咖啡店进行!
我喜欢首尔的各种咖啡厅 – 从外国引入的连锁店到当地创业的特色店,尤其是那些有提供低脂奶或豆浆去调咖啡的地方,因为这是我喝咖啡的必要!
在我最近去首尔参加施厚君的2018年生日会时,我去了“我黄金光辉的人生”电视剧拍摄的咖啡店之一,Baristarium咖啡店 …是的,三天在首尔的行程内我设法挤压了许多“我黄金光辉的人生”拍摄的景点!我以前的旅行已经去过Radio M咖啡店和Coffee Bay。
Baristarium咖啡店是施厚君的崔道京在离开家后会见了柳密的地方。当时忠心的柳秘把房子的钥匙给了他当抵押,给他用来开展业务。这也是徐父亲劝徐智安去芬兰深造并给了她单程飞机票的地方。我从窗户看到外面的店铺“Moby Dick”标志,就认出了这家咖啡店!
因为是平日上班的下午,这家店并不是很拥挤,但我们无法得到偶吧Oppa坐过的座位,因为有人已经坐在那里了。当被问到偶吧Oppa在拍摄期间喝了什么时,咖啡师告诉我们他喝了咖啡拿铁,我选择的咖啡……虽然不怎么相信这是施厚君的选择,因为听说施厚君是不喝咖啡的,除非像我一样,他已经改变了习惯!
无论如何,他们家的咖啡拿铁很合我的口味!我喜欢他们的咖啡选择!谢谢咖啡师!下次会再来光顾!现在我正想着你们的酿造,香喷喷的唤醒提神咖啡!
哦,如果大家想要一些面包去配合美味的咖啡,想去徐智秀工作的那家面包店买些面包,不管那面包店做的面包有多好,是买不到的。这家Block Bakery Factory只存在“我黄金光辉的人生”电视剧里!它不过是电视剧里的道具! 哈哈哈!😄
Photo Credits – Many thanks! KBS Drama, Instagram by cafe_baristarium, ParkSihooSsi.com
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Yes, good morning with a strong coffee 😊
Aha! It is Cafe Latte for me anytime! And I particularly like it with thick rich creamy milk, no shunning of fats at all, the more fat in milk the better my Latte tastes! In MGL, CDK and Jian both declared their preference is cuppacino, but your insider scoop tells us PSH drinks Latte during shooting. As to whether he in real (not reel) has been converted to coffee drinker, I recall that photo he posted on 3rd January 2018 that cuppa he was holding with a straw leaves me to think he was drinking coffee (though with a straw). Incidentally that very Ig was posted just after me whishing him the New Year Wish. My 2018 New Year Wish to PSH is : his successes will be one that he can have the cake and eat the cake, with yummy coffee. Which is another ladder up from 2017 my wish to him as having success in that he could have the cake and eat the cake (which as we all witnessed, it turned out true, his comeback via MGL, to me, is the type of success that not only he had the cake, he could eat that cake too). So Yes, 2018, Sihoossi, I want to see you Have The Cake, Eat The Cake , AND, Enjoy such yummy cake with your favourite Cafe Latte!
Chai HuaLoke thiis kind of coffee PSH drank with a straw was probably cold Americano with icing. When I was with my friend Hyeju she ordered this for me by mistake and it was served with a straw. Usually, I drink hot black coffee without sugar or milk. The Koreans call it Americano and is very strong. So I also drank cafe latte and cappuccino. Cappuccino is my favorite for many years already, but I never thought I would like cafe latte too!
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후-씨 朴施厚君 It will be gonna late for you after the event. Good luck and take care of yourself Nance!
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후-씨 朴施厚君 Please remember to look after yourself Nance!
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후-씨 朴施厚君 Meaning you won’t have much sleep……
Wilma van Zwietering Coffee black just isn’t my thing. As long as there is milk – low fat or soya, I will drink! And I know on Friday night, I will be needing loads of extra strong coffee to write the post event article! Wish me luck!
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후-씨 朴施厚君 Nance, have a safe flight tomorrow to Japan , enjoy meeting Park Si Hoo !
Thanks, I will take care of myself…packing now and already tired…not a great day today! Early morning flight tomorrow….!
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후-씨 朴施厚君 Safe flight, you probably flying right now.
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후-씨 朴施厚君 Safe flight Nance! 😊
Hopefully to catch some soon! 💤
Chai Hua Loke Heading to airport now…❤️❤️❤️
Stefania Lupu Many thanks! And remember to read all about it!
Thanks! 😘
As I have stayed with a Korean family and been taken care of and spoilt by my landlady for two weeks, I tend to believe coffee is part of Koreans way of life. First time I had breakfast I was asked if I wanted to drink coffee with it. Coffee is not the first thing in the morning I start with. At home I start with tea and honey. Rosemary served me with many kinds of herbal tea. At the Baristarium the cappucino was very good too! Certainly a place to visit more often!
PSH once said he did not drink coffee, but when he does, he prefers to be strong.
Does coffee offer health benefits? Studies have shown that coffee may have health benefits, including protecting against Parkison’s disease, type 2 diabetes, and liver disease, including liver cancer. And also appears to impove cognitive function and decrease the risk of depresssion. Although having fewer risks compared to benefits, keep in mind that adding cream and sugar to your coffee , adds fat and calories, up to hundreds. Nance is doing well drinking coffee with low fat or soya milk, so you must follow her example. Do you enjoy drinking coffee? Many do as I do. And I like cappuccino. Why do people enjoy drinking coffee? : “I don’t know how people live without coffee? I really don’t.”[Martha Quinn]. “I can’t imagine a day without coffee. I can’t imagine.”[Howard Schulz] . “Coffee connects us in so many ways – to each other, to our senses , and to earth that supports the coffee tree.”[Rohan Marley]. “My dream is to have a house on the beach, even just a shack somewhere , so I can wake up, have coffee, look at dolphins, be quiet and breath the air.”[Christina Applegate]. As for myself , my dream is to drink a “Kang In-Jun coffee” , made by Park SI Hoo himself.
Black coffee is life for me. I dont like coffee with creamy or caramelized or something that milky taste. Black is so good as wake up call for me. 😎
Life saving everyday!
Seems like everyone’s so passionate about their coffees! I wasn’t expecting such reaction when I wrote this article. I was thinking that I was slotting it on a slow day! Kekeke! 🙂 Ladies, please read tomorrow’s article….as it happens, tomorrow will be a very special day!