The highest cure in life lies in eating, and the highest cure in eating is dessert.

The night in long summer is inexplicably sad. Nest at home, Yuu Aoi's "corner foreign fruit shop" and turned it out and brushed it again. When I watched Yoyo sauce bring out the snacks decorated with blueberries, pinecones and raspberries plate by plate, all the depression and tiredness in my heart were swept away.

I believe that everyone who loves baking is always full of sunshine in his life, and even the air must be sweet. Suddenly, I want to learn baking a little, and I want to learn to make coffee by hand. It is said that baking is as deep as the sea, and the wallet is a passerby from then on. If you want to learn baking, you must buy all the equipment first, which is an uneven desire.

But there is no solution. In Wuhan, if you want to buy cheap and affordable baking tools at one time, most experienced people will recommend you a famous baking shopping street, Minquan Road.

Minquan Road is a little long, but only the half near the river belongs to coffee and baking. No matter on weekdays or weekends, it's always full of traffic, people and interest, lively, and even a little messy. You must have a knowledgeable person to show you around slowly and look for it carefully.

Walking in from the end near the river, the right half of Minquan Road mostly sells coffee supplies, while the left half belongs to baking materials. There are boutique shops and grocery stall-style wholesale shops, ranging from raw materials, mold equipment, packaging cards, machinery and equipment, and boiler stoves.

If you look patiently, you will find that this place is a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are hidden. For example, this small shop specializes in designing customized catering waiter uniforms, ranging from western-style to Chinese-style, from a dozen to more than a hundred suits. It is said that many famous restaurants like Sunny Sky, Kengee and Hujin are customers of his family.

Most shops on Minquan Road are oriented to merchants, so it will be cheaper to buy more. If you buy small items like wrapping paper, you might as well share them with a few friends, or hoard them and use them slowly.

I don't rule out that you found the beautiful little teapot in the afternoon tea shop the day before yesterday, which is sold wholesale here; Or a vintage glass bottle from a dessert shop that I've admired for a long time. You can buy a pair for more than a dozen pieces. Don't be surprised, the shopkeeper may have found it here.

The biggest attraction here is the cake food packaging store. Colorful decorative dolls, various shapes of pressed candy, cute dolls and party crowns will all make your girl's heart explode. But at this time, you must control your wallet. Beginners only need to buy some necessities.

First of all, raw materials, such as flour, butter and cheese, are available here, such as Jufeng's, but they need to be bought in boxes, so they don't need so much at home, so it's cheaper to buy them on Taobao. However, if you buy molds, you can come to Minquan Road for scouring. The varieties are diverse and the quality is up to standard, which is more cost-effective than Taobao stores in Xima Road and Nanhu Lake.

paper pasting nozzles, biscuit molds, toast boxes, baking trays, egg beaters ... can be bought in several one-stop food packaging shops. Prices vary, both domestic and imported, and it is enough for beginners to use Sanneng brand. Cake boxes and wrapping paper can be sold in small quantities here, and you can bring some if you like. Two stores also have their own packaging and printing plants, which are cheaper than online.

You should be careful when choosing such big items as ovens and coffee machines, and don't buy too expensive and complicated ones. Many stores have them ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands. Just buy a popular version for home use, and it must be the right size and evenly heated. You can place an order in Taobao, and then go to the store to pick it up. The price is basically worn.

The qualifications of coffee shops here are later than that of baking, but they are somewhat backward. Now, nearly 41 coffee shops have settled here, all of which are very complete. Here are two boutiques for everyone.

On the corner near the river, there is a Mediterranean-style blue window shop called Jinmeijia, which is said to be the first coffee shop on Minquan Road. The storefront is small, with two floors, very stylish and tasteful, and every corner of the store is very elegant.

illy, lavazza, Little Red Riding Hood's beans and special coffee cups are the main items in the store, and there are many collectibles that the boss has scoured from everywhere.

Don Quixote Coffee Experience Store has been here for five years, selling its own roasted coffee beans, various styles of coffee machines, as well as some utensils used for hand-brewing coffee, such as ear cups, siphon pots, gooseneck pots ... Many famous boutique coffee shops in Wuhan bought their supplies here.

interestingly, no matter whether they buy or not, everyone who enters the store can drink a cup of carefully prepared coffee or drink for free. The boss Gao Feng said that they give out more than 111 cups every day.

In fact, anyone who is engaged in the coffee roasting industry will definitely visit Minquan Road when he comes to Wuhan. Each store has its own characteristics and highlights. It is a characteristic street formed completely spontaneously, so there are also some problems, such as lack of unified planning and management, narrow and tight storefront and extensive management.

However, this industry is young and full of vigor, and it is precisely because of these lovely small shops that the old streets are full of green vitality.

Gao Feng, the boss of Don Quixote, said that they are working hard to apply for planning Minquan Road as a municipal coffee cultural street. Whether it is successful or not, this short half street basically reflects the epitome of Wuhan's roasted coffee culture.

text? | ? Sunday

chart? | ? Zhao xiaohou