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Do you like coffee?
I do like it. Well, that's probably because I'm in a coffee club. But I only started to like coffee, and to be able to drink it black, fairly recently.
Coffee is bitter, isn’t it? For someone like me who isn’t good with bitterness, it was really terrible. But there is coffee that isn’t bitter. The first time I tried it, I was shocked. It had a pleasant aroma like tea and a fruit‑like acidity… Since then I’ve started drinking various “non‑bitter coffees.” Surprisingly, as I enjoyed the non‑bitter coffee, I also began to notice the deliciousness of bitter coffee.
As I have more opportunities to drink coffee, I’ve learned about coffee‑producing countries that I previously only knew from geography, and discovered the many steps involved before coffee becomes a single cup of liquid, making me deeply appreciate how profound coffee really is.
Also, people in the coffee industry are incredibly warm. Even after meeting them just once, they remember your face and talk to you a lot, which makes your heart feel warm.
Activity Introduction
The Hokkaido University Coffee Research Club, guided by the philosophy “We want to spread specialty coffee to university students!,” mainly holds a regular meeting once a week and operates a pop‑up shop about twice a month.
Greetings to Readers and Enthusiasm for Events
Because we rarely have the chance to interact with people in the Kansai region, we’re really looking forward to it!
We’ll bring beans from a Hokkaido roaster, so we hope you’ll enjoy them!
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