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I love the reflection of today's sky, clouds, and the hills on the glass.

Our summer will visit and stay for uh, three days? The temperature so far is pretty low, too low. My cucumbers are dying, sigh.

Yes, there is an European hardiness zone, too. But most of you are using USDA system, so I also checked which one I have here. :D

My first time trying espresso tonic - it's good! I just mix iced sparkling water with chilled espresso, very impressive. I made two delicious quiches, blackberry cheesecake, and NichiNichi cake rolls today: Strawberry (from our garden) and Earl Grey Tea with Peach.

I even designed a menu, well, why not? 🤭

2024.06.22 Vegan Birthday Party - my first catering order Everything from scratch, including the menu design - Then I realized that I was trained very well from my over 20 years of working - deal coordinating and negotiating, scheduling, planning, and presenting - I did care about details. I...

Harvest day, I picked about 10 iceberg lettuces as they are growing in a raised bed facing west - soon, it will be too hot for them. I transplanted some dwarf sweet corns as succession. One of the many experiments - when wild strawberry plants grow in a favorable condition, their fruits will...

I'm happy to have a quiet and sunny Sunday. Yesterday, I made a quiche for the shop: the first two customers who ordered it came back for a second piece after just two minutes of eating! In just half an hour, half of the quiche was gone. And in the evening, I fulfilled my first catering...

Yes, I only use store-bought eggs for making sweets for the cafe. I don't want any unnecessary troubles. Besides, our own eggs are almost not enough for our daily use, hahaha, yes, we three are like snakes and can eat really a lot of eggs.

Cake and Coffee therapy, it's very useful. :love :love :love

One of today’s cake rolls is made with Taiwanese Oolong Tea, filled with crème Chantilly, fresh kiwi, and plums from Chōya Umeshu. The color and the texture are both good 🤤 Another option is the peach roll, made with peaches and grapes, offering a refreshing and fruity taste. All...

We had a surprise health inspection yesterday! And it was right before opening (the busiest time for me, I was in the middle of whipping up some buttercream...) I wasn't worried though, because I always clean the café thoroughly before closing, so it's ready to open right away the next day. The...

Yesterday, again a customer just walked in and asked, if I have anything savory for lunch. Thankfully, I have the sausage rolls and also the toast. She got two sausage rolls and one piece of cake. Last night we have some oven-roasted chicken, so I made the chicken rolls and let the dough finish...

A station of my salad greens - I have to say, it's very effective in terms of manage and harvest them, and I will always do so from now on. Some are growing on the ground still, but I think, this is a convincing work-aruond. When it is still too cold for other crops, those salad greens can be...

A week of rain again, sigh. Anyway, fresh cake and bread can always lift the mood. Lemon Peach Roll and Blue Berry Roll Cheese, Bacon, and Chili Toast A dark chocolate cheese cake~served with whipped cream and cranberries cooked in cherry brandy.

It's a fruitful week, and we added two small signs to more or less show the direction of the shop. I don't want to spend a fortune to do advertisement or huge sign. So that's all I did at this moment. So far, locals and tourists are showing up, and they are very happy about having a...

Mon to Sat, 1200 till 1800, kind of awkward timing for a shop, but I don't want to make it full time, and also don't want to open it too early/late, haha.

Iced mocha coffee and iced cacao are ready, but summer isn't here yet. I brought out again some long sleeves, as the temperature here isn't higher than 15C. Coffee, Earl Grey Tea, and Cacao Rolls for today, and wow, today's business is really nice. 🤭

My working table this morning, as I have 5 pre-ordered (and pre-paid) salad orders to fulfill. Offering salad and herbal tea (rose and mint are so far the most welcome two) gives the gardening works I love another level of meaning and purpose. I feel so good! Different salad greens I grow...