Why is a university coffee elective course so hard to get into?

Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology runs an elective coffee course covering coffee culture, tasting and preparation. Classroom videos show the teacher making Irish coffee, with flames passing between glass cups, while pour-over and creative coffee are also demonstrated. Students can drink the delicious coffee made during class, and the course is among the hardest to secure on campus.

The class combines theory with hands-on practice, so students learn what coffee is made of and how extraction works while preparing drinks themselves. As final exams approach, some students say they would rather the semester lasted longer, since finishing the course means no more free coffee in class. Graduates who missed it express regret.

As final exams approach and most students look forward to the holidays, students taking the elective coffee course at Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology hope the course never ends—because finishing the course means they will no longer get to drink the free coffee made in class. In a classroom video, the teacher explains while preparing Irish coffee on the podium, with flames flowing between glass cups, drawing gasps from the students. This elective course, covering coffee culture, tasting, and preparation, has become one of the hardest courses to get on campus, with some saying that even spending all their credits might not be enough to secure a spot. Students from other universities are openly envious after seeing it, and graduates also express regret that they missed such a great course back then. This article will take you through what this coveted university coffee course actually teaches and why it is so popular.

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2023-12-25 19:04

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The last week of 2023 arrived amid biting cold winds, and for university students this semester is also almost over. Some hope to finish their final exams quickly so they can go home for winter break, while others hope the semester ends a little more slowly. For example, the students taking the elective coffee course at Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology probably do not want the course to end too soon, because once it ends they will no longer be able to drink delicious coffee.

A while ago, in a video on social media, a teacher was lecturing on the podium while making a cup of Irish coffee. The burning flames flowed back and forth between two glass cups with the liquid, and such an amazing and dazzling scene made the students below exclaim “wow” again and again in astonishment.

It is reported that this teacher’s coffee culture course covers coffee culture, coffee tasting, and coffee preparation. In class, pour-over coffee, creative coffee, and more have been demonstrated. During class, students can not only learn theoretical knowledge about coffee, but also learn from the teacher how to make a delicious cup of coffee.

This elective course, with rich and interesting content and hands-on teaching, was immediately rushed by students. Some students said this coffee elective course is very hard to get into, “even if I spend all my credits, I still can’t get in.” Students who could not get a spot but were very interested could only go to the classroom to audit the course, and the whole classroom was packed with students attending.

Students from other schools are openly jealous when they see such an interesting elective course, “Isn’t this exactly the elective course I’ve been dreaming of?” “I really want this kind of elective course,” “Who wouldn’t want to take this kind of course? It’s really interesting,” “With this kind of course, I could definitely earn all my credits!!!” “If there were this course, I wouldn’t be sleepy at all.”

Alumni who graduated many years ago also expressed envy, saying, “Why didn’t I take this when I was studying?” “I regret that I used to be lazy and just picked the leftover courses,” “I feel like my university years were wasted.”

In recent years, university elective courses have focused on being rich and varied. Various universities offer courses that fit current trends and also align with young people’s lives, such as baking courses, wine tasting courses, and so on. Coffee tasting courses are the same.

It is understood that, besides Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Beijing Normal University, Jimei University, and others have also opened coffee-related elective courses. Students are highly enthusiastic about them. From social media, it can be seen that such courses can arouse students’ interest, making them either spend all their credits or wait online and compete with fast fingers to grab a spot.

Coffee has gradually become part of contemporary life, and more and more university students like coffee and are interested in it. Therefore, it is also a natural trend for coffee tasting courses to enter universities and appear in classrooms. Some schools include them in their elective course systems, while others list them as required courses for a certain major.

But to be honest, people who like coffee will more or less envy contemporary university students. They can study in class while drinking all kinds of free coffee and even watch the teacher put on a live performance. In the past, this could only be imagined in dreams.

So at this moment when dreams shine into reality, how many people have shed tears of envy and jealousy～

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