VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Today we focused on:

talking about sales

Speaking exercise

I don’t know which one tastes best , I can’t see the difference.
Everyone is same I think. if I am very tired I just want americano but I can’t feel the difference.
When I was in the uni I am working in the Hagendas and my job is making coffee of course use a coffee machine and they teach me but if the customer wants to the mocha or the cappuccino I do the same…but I always do the same they can’t feel the difference.
who makes coffee is not very professional. They make rubbish so customers drink rubbish.

we don’t have coffee culture in China.
Someone says you eat the rice 20 rice, today I give you the very nice rice you can feel the difference because you eat too much. I think maybe we can’t feel because I drink coffee maybe 3 years.

My sister, she’s dream is be a barista . make money in the work and have a little coffee shop for herself. I like to cook, baking … I love make something I like it like a cake or different drinks so this is very interesting because you can make the food for the people and they feel very nice.


I don’t know which one tastes best/better , I can’t see/taste the difference.
they are all the same/ they all taste the same I think. if I am very tired I just want an/to have an americano but I can’t feel/taste the difference.
When I was in the uni I worked in the Hagendas and my job was  making coffee of course I used a coffee machine and they taught me but if the customer wanted a mocha or a cappuccino I did the same…/no matter what the customer wanted I did the same….they couldn’t  feel the difference.
barristas who  make coffee are not very professional/ well trained so they make rubbish/bad coffee and customers drink rubbish / bad coffee…

we don’t have a coffee culture in China.

It’s like for rice, when you eat rice for 20 years you can feel all the differences but we have only been drinking coffee for 3 years…

My sister, her dream is be a barista . She wants to make money at work / with her job and have/open a little coffee shop for herself.
I like to cook, bake … I love to make something I like like a cake or different drinks so this is very interesting because you can make the food for the people and they feel happy about it.

Vocabulary

to target : to focus on a group of people
Gym coaches target rich female students.

to compare : to see the differences between different products 比
I compared many schools and chose SE.

guru 导师
He is a marketing guru, a lot of people want to learn from him

influence 影响力
Gym coaches have a lot of influence on their students.

sales pipeline : the process through which customer go before buying something
Selling insurances has a long sales pipeline.

auction 拍卖
I like to go to art auctions

cash cow : good source of money
王者is a cash cow for Tencent.

appearance : how something looks
Women care more about appearance than men.

to bother : care about something
I don’t bother with most of the items in the house, I let my gf take care of it.

t0 gratify 是满意/giving pleasure
Being a barista is very gratifying because people are happy and will thank you all the time.

to flirt 调情
Gym coaches always flirt with rich customers.

barista : person making coffee
He works as a barista in a coffee shop

aroma 芳香
good tea has a different aroma

culture  文化
China has a tea culture

chain store: a brand that has many stores that are the same
McDonalds is chain burger restaurant

Vietnam 越南🇻🇳
I like Vietnamese coffee

bakery 面包店

Pronunciation

baking