Chapter 23

Vinson wanted to speak up but Arielle shot him a look before she replied with a meaningful smile, “Very well. Challenge accepted!”

Shandie was momentarily taken aback but recovered quickly with a smirk. “Good! Let’s do it. Right here, right now!”

Cindy was not idling away in the gallery either as she went over to hash things out swiftly with the organizers, after which two coffee tables were moved onstage and equipped properly.

Vinson looked a tad apprehensively at Arielle who remained silent throughout.

Once the host saw that both of them are ready, he said, “Ladies, you may begin.”

Shandie burst into action the moment his voice trailed off.

The first step to creating latte art was, of course, to prepare the espresso which had to be hand-brewed by the participants themselves.

The assiduous Shandie weighed up fifteen grams of coffee beans and fed them into the grinder with tremendous refinement.

surprised to see Arielle appearing quite competent when she stole a glance over, as though the

raised the kettle to pour the boiling water in, clockwise

that, noting that this was something only professional brewers would know. Pouring clockwise would allow for the filter to adhere better to the holder, and at the same time, eliminate the starchy

Arielle’s understanding of this coupled

it be possible for this country

 

of her certainty that she was not hallucinating, Shandie was

from the countryside?

some time before she pinched herself hard and turned her focus

knows how to make coffee,

a bid to settle herself and resume her own

pour-over coffee required two infusions of water, after which an aromatic cup

she herself was already done, and dismissed

response, the host communicated

brewing, the latte art was the real litmus

required the use of whole milk, and each person needed to conceive their theme before

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