coffee stopover

General information

Taichung, located in the middle west of Taiwan, is a peaceful and scenic city packed with coffee enthusiasm. Typical café is very often operated by owner/barista in a small scale. They devote their energy, sweat and money in bid to serve their customer quality coffee.

Stanley Zhang is one of them, if not the best, then the least and most versatile. He has been in the business for ten years. From Latte Art, Espresso to Hand-drip, and even Roasting and Cupping, he can always satisfy your curiosity with a convinced answer. Talking about his professional growth, Stanley gives his former boss and mentor the credit for giving him opportunity to conduct one-to-one hands-on training to prospective baristas, prospective roasters and amateur home brewers in a period lasting a few years. He was also heavily involved in roasting process of beans for sale. It was Silence Huang of Ugly Duckling Coffee House and Barista Training Centre in Taipei who cradled him throughout his learning path and gave him the excellent training environment.

Upcoming is Stanley’s trial run of his own coffee shop and roaster in Taichung. If you expect a good cup of coffee from a skillful barista, please come to Taichung. If you are an adventurist looking for extensive enjoyment of everything from choices of perfectly roasted single-origin or exclusively blended beans, discreet handling of sophisticated brewing options and finally, guided tasting of the full-bodied liquid, you must, and you only should, make a visit to Stanley’s Coffee Stopover at West District.

台中，在台灣的中西部，是一個寧靜和優美的城市。走在街上，不難發現形形色色的咖啡小店，由老闆及一兩名職員小規模經營著，他們流著汗消耗精神和積蓄，只為要把他們認為最好的咖啡端到客人面前。

張書華，在云云的咖啡業界名不經傳，然而不同的是他對咖啡有廣泛和深刻的理解。拉花﹑義式﹑手沖之外，更於烘焙和杯測有資深的經驗。書華感謝他的前老闆和導師Silence Huang，在過去四年間，讓他在台北醜小鴨咖啡師訓中心學習和成長，也給他機會成為培訓咖啡師和烘豆的導師。

緊接著書華會邁進另一新里程。如果你有機會到台中慢遊，別忘了尋找一家咖啡店好好感受一下。而若自問對咖啡有要求，那麼你一定要找到Coffee Stopover,書華的店，他不僅提供自家烘焙的精品和配方豆，更融合了各式細緻的沖煮方法，伴隨著最實在的導嘗分享，在交流互動中，也許會發掘出味覺的驚喜。