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bourne coffee and the cafés there. Good and bad coffees Inspiration from Australia
are judged by their taste, not the brand or coffee type.” As we all know, Australia is a multicultural
“Beside the business, Australian coffee commu- country. Italian is a big influence when it comes to
nity is very supportive. Although CALEB CHA, World coffee, and Melbourne and Sydney are homes to huge
Latte Art Champion in 2015, works in a café, he got huge Italian communities, and that makes the country an
support from hundreds of people in the community all-day coffee drinking country. “Aussies drink coffee
to help him achieve the world title. Despite the fierce in the morning and afternoon while Italians drink in
competition in the industry, the evening. Cafés usually
everyone is happy to lend a Australia taught me how to be seriously have new idea to put into the
hand when it comes to sup- business, and the idea is of-
porting Australia’s representa- committed to something and have fun at ten supported by consumers.
tive,” Tong praised the spirit of the same time Each city in Australia has its
Australia coffee community. own unique character, and I
“Since there are a lot of customers, Australian bring some of these characters to Thailand and did a
coffee is delicious and quick to make, yet every cup is little adjustment before introducing them to Thai con-
full of detail attention. It’s about finding a way to reduce sumers. Fundamentally, my café is based on Aussie style
brewing step without compromising the taste in order coffee. My 4 year experience in Australia taught me how
to be more productive. I don’t think other cities haven’t to be seriously committed to something and have fun at
yet think about this because they don’t have as much the same time. Australia is an inspirational place. If you
customer as in Australia.” look at some cool cafés in London and San Francisco,
you might find that the owners have spent a part of their
lives in Australia.”

Cooperation in Thailand Coffee Industry
“I want everyone to work together and share
with one another like the coffee community in Austra-
lia. Although the market is highly competitive, they are
happy to share and help the country’s representative to
do his best. I want the people in Thailand coffee industry
to realize that we are one. As for baristas, I want us to
share the knowledge, not only among ourselves, but the
customers too.”
Hyun-suk Harry Go (South Korea)

Barista at Dukes coffee Ross House, Melbourne

Harry’s coffee passion formed when he worked
a part-time job at a sandwich bar. It has always been his
dream to own a small business, and having witnessed a
number of coffee competitions and exhibitions has really
sparked his coffee passion up. “It started my interest in
coffee. I did a lot of researches on the internet, watched
video clips, and studied everything about coffee, includ-
ing coffee roasting, and I still do all those today.”

A Special Small City
“Melbourne is a special city. It’s full of specialty
cafés and friendly baristas who are happy to share, not
just their coffee, but their knowledge and skill as well.
The city could easily be one of the biggest specialty
coffee capitals in the world,” Harry said and added that
the relationship between baristas and customers in Mel-
Harry lived on the beautiful Jeju Island before bourne is like old friends, and it creates a relaxing and
he was drafted and later moved to Seoul to try different friendly atmosphere in the café, which is a little different
field of work, from hotel concierge, building supervisor, from cafés in Korea.
to TV program director. When he was living in Australia, Inspired by Australian coffee culture, Harry
he had a chance to work in a farm in Mareeba, a small sub- plans to open his own café in the near future. “Cafés in
urb town near Cairns. “I wanted to work in a coffee farm Melbourne don’t just great coffee, but they also serve
I heard of. They were looking for volunteers and I didn’t great brunch. I plan to do the same to give Koreans a
hesitate to apply. I worked there for around 3 weeks on a taste of Aussie experience. And if I am opening a café in
tourist visa.” Australia, the number one priority is coffee!”
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