Chapter 15 — Coffee Pairing Queen

Along with how ordinary consumers can use the simplest method to judge whether the grain is problematic or not. The night the post was posted, the number of reads exceeded one hundred thousand. Three days later, the number of followers increased from one hundred and eighty thousand to four hundred and fifty thousand. A week later, three businesses contacted me asking for advice on checking suppliers. Two chain coffee brands sought me out separately to do blind testing of competing products. A month later, I officially quit my job at the company. On the day of leaving, Mr. Trieu chased me to the elevator door. "Miss Ninh! Are you really going?" "Yes." "So who will help us order coffee later?" I pressed the elevator button. "Mr. Trieu, you can download an application yourself." "Very simple operation." When the elevator door closed, I saw Mr. Trieu standing in the hallway, looking frantic. Three years. I ordered them more than seven hundred coffee orders, compensating myself with thousands of yuan in change. In return was an accusation of "chopping up acquaintances" and a demand for compensation of one thousand two hundred yuan. But it's no longer important. It's all a thing of the past. PART 23 Three months after leaving the job. My studio is officially in operation. Located on the eighth floor of an office building on the east side of the city, it is sixty square meters and includes a tasting room, an inspection preparation room and a work area. The equipment is not much, but each item is carefully selected: spectrophotometer, moisture meter, professional tasting table, roasting curve recorder. Plus Co Nhien's testing organization is a long-term cooperation laboratory... At the first stage, I do sensory evaluation and product appraisal; In the next step, he does physical and chemical testing. The cycle is closed. The first major customer was a startup that made automated coffee machines without attendants for offices. They needed to find an independent third party to help vet the seed supplier. The second application is a chain convenience store brand. Consumers complained about their own branded hanging filter bag coffee having a strange smell, and the cause needs to be found. The third application… Came quite unexpectedly. Deputy Head of Department Truong of Thanh Ha District Market Management Department called me. "Khuong Ninh, our department is preparing to pilot a social supervisor project on food safety." "We would like to invite you to be a special technical advisor for the coffee and tea beverage product group." "Not on the payroll, but there is a consulting fee, plus you have the right to make recommendations in our law enforcement activities." "Do you agree?" I agreed. After I posted this story on my public account, the number of followers increased by another hundred thousand. Someone commented: "This is what 'That Cup of Coffee' should really do." There are also people who say: "From being forced by colleagues to pay bonus points to becoming an industry supervisor. This comeback is too much." Going upstream? Not. I'm just finally getting back to being myself. PART 24 Half a year later. The trial of the Hang Nguyen Agricultural Products case has ended. The upstream company that supplied goods to Tran Ban was eventually determined to have an amount of money related to expired refurbished food exceeding twenty million yuan. The mastermind was sentenced to seven years in prison. Tran Ban was sentenced to three years and six months. Because of the lighter level of involvement, Phuong Di was sentenced to one year and eight months, suspended for two years. The day the verdict was announced, Co Nhien invited me to eat hot pot. "It's been eight months since you gave me those seeds." "At that time, did you think this day would come?" I picked up a piece of beef. "I didn't think so. At that time, I just felt that the smell wasn't right." "If I hadn't asked one more question that day, or been lazy to take a sample..." "Maybe nothing would have happened." "So you see." Co Nhien raised her beer glass. "Master

Professionalism is not an empty name." "But when you need to speak up, you must speak up, when you need to act, you must act." I clinked my glass with him. Recalling that day in the office, Phuong Di's action of throwing two tea bags on my table. "Let me taste what is truly good stuff." There is no such thing as truly good stuff. There are only people who truly understand and people who pretend to be knowledgeable. PART 25 A Tuesday afternoon a year later. I'm trying it out. Tasting a batch of naturally processed Ethiopian beans that had just arrived in the studio. Eight cups lined up, poured water, tasted the dough, and the phone rang. "Khuong Ninh, have you seen today's article?" She sent a link. It was a food blogger's public account. A famous chain coffee brand was accused of using expired beans, an anonymous internal employee revealed! "I clicked on it. The article was presented in a very formal way, with a few blurry "internal photos". The accused brand was... Lam Son Coffee. My old company. I read the entire article and then put down my phone. There were a few details that I immediately knew were made up. I am too familiar with Lam Son's roasting line. The "warehouse scene" described in the article is completely false. matches Lam Son's actual warehouse layout.