Zhongxin Wanghai, April 4 Topic: Shanghai's "reddest" café is full of "linkage" with a century-old history

Written by Xie Mengyuan

Sickle hammerhead, bittersweet memories... Walking into a Shanghai coffee shop on South Huangpi Road, it is difficult to associate it with drinks just by looking at the price list, not only that, but some of the pricing on the table also seems unusual, the "Darkest Hour" in the signature series is 18.40 yuan a cup, "Awakening Age" 19.21 yuan a cup...

This is the "One Coffee" opened in Shikumen, known as Shanghai's "most popular" café. It is across the street from the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (hereinafter referred to as the site of the First National Congress) and belongs to the cultural and creative products of the site of the First National Congress. The building is made of clear water walls, the exterior wall is interlaced with gray-white grouts, and the brick red carvings on the lintel reflect the tender green plane trees on both sides of the road.

"Shanghai has a coffee culture, and there have been all kinds of coffee shops for a long time, so I think coffee is something that reflects some of Shanghai's culture." Mr. Xu, the person in charge of "One Coffee", mentioned to the reporter of Chinanews.com the original intention of opening this coffee shop, "The site of the First Congress is a tourist attraction, there are many people, on the one hand, we want to meet the needs of tourists, on the other hand, we mainly want to build a party building exchange station. There are often private events, and sometimes small salons or book clubs are held. ”

On the 17th, near 20 a.m., the reporter walked into the store and found that half of the café was full. The store is divided into brown and white, the brown part belongs to the retro area, creating the atmosphere of the 90s of the <>th century, the white part belongs to the modern area, the decoration is relatively simple, equipped with touch screen and other electronic devices, looking at the entire café, there is an illusion of a hundred years.

"There are some information about famous cafes in old Shanghai on this wall, and I think these shops are also very important for the cause of China's liberation." Pointing to the old photos on the wall of the retro area, Mr. Xu introduced, "In a square inch like a café, too many major events have happened that affect the course of historical development, and there are too many stories that are calm on the surface and secretly thrilling. ”

The accompanying text introduces the "silence" of the old photo: the café on the edge of the public concession is Lu Xun's most frequented café, known as the cradle of the birth of the China Left-wing Writers' Union, providing a relaxed and safe environment for left-wing writers to communicate. White Horse Cafe was once a small shop opened by Jewish refugees in Shanghai, in order to escape persecution, many Jews came to Shanghai at that time, and slowly formed a Jewish ghetto in Shanghai...

In addition, there are also copies of first-class cultural relics in the collection of a major memorial museum of the Communist Party of China, such as the manuscript of He Luting's "Guerrilla Song" and "Collection of Chinese Voices" on the wall.

"There is no other feeling in this place, just a sense of substitution, and I think it makes a lot of sense." Wuhan tourist Zhou Hua, as an old party member for more than ten years, specially came to visit the site of the first congress, "The name of the coffee is also very good, and it fits well with this location." ”

Mr. Xu said that from the bitterness of the "darkest hour" to the sweetness of the "bitter sweetness", the coffee on the price list was sorted according to the order of historical events, "When the Opium War broke out in 1840, it can be said that China entered the darkest hour, and we priced 18.40 yuan in the hope that everyone can remember the hardships of that era." So this drink is black coffee superimposed on dark chocolate, which is more bitter than pure black coffee. ”

"Basically, every day, there are older people who don't know much about using mobile phones, and then use cash to buy two kinds of coffee, 'Darkest Hour' and 'Age of Awakening'." Mr. Feng, the barista of "One Coffee," sighed with emotion, "They are dressed relatively plainly, and some people will pin badges on their chests, and they can tell that they are old party members, and their expressions make me feel that they have come to this area of the site of the First Congress very religiously." (End)