How to Design a Home Cafe at Home: Transforming a Simple Space into a Personal Cafe
As a coffee lover, drinking coffee is a ritual that must be carried out every day and is irreplaceable, it can be enjoyed in the afternoon after work or in the morning before work. But what if we can't enjoy coffee at both times, maybe each person's response will be different, maybe some won't be affected, maybe some will.
Interesting facts about coffee drinkers:
- By 2023/2024, approximately 12.6% of the world's population, or 1 billion people, drink coffee every day.
- On average, every year around 400 billion cups of coffee are consumed.
- The European Union will be the region with the largest coffee consumption in the world in 2022, namely 41.03 million 60 kg bags.
- Indonesia became the fifth largest coffee consumer in the world in 2020/2021, with total consumption reaching 5 million 60 kg bags.
- The Arabica coffee variety is superior to Robusta.
Based on these facts, we can know that it is not only Indonesians who like coffee, but there are around 1 billion people who like to drink coffee every day. But is there a way that we can still enjoy coffee when we want it without being afraid of not having time to buy it, YES the answer is "HOME CAFE" or making our own coffee in our home. Here are some things you need to prepare to create a comfortable home cafe that you can enjoy.
Equipment
The first thing that must be prepared to make a "HOME CAFE" is the tools for making the coffee itself, "TOOLS FOR MAKING COFFEE, AREN'T THEY EXPENSIVE, SISTER?" If what you buy is a coffee maker like in a cafe, there are several tools and methods that are not too expensive for making coffee, especially for making coffee at home, one of which is using the "MANUAL BREW" method. The picture shows the tools commonly used to make coffee manually. Tools like this have several advantages, but the most visible and easiest to feel is the storage of the tools, WHY? because these tools are relatively small so they don't require a large storage area, and they also don't need to use electricity. In this way, these tools can be carried or moved more easily, because these two things are the most important things in designing a home cafe.
Room
After we have prepared the tools that we will use to make coffee at the home cafe, we also have to prepare the place. There are several things we have to pay attention to when we want to make a home cafe, which will be very important in determining whether this is a home cafe. will it be a comfortable home cafe or a home cafe that we are even lazy to make coffee there. Here are some things you must pay attention to when creating a home cafe:
-Close to a water source: The location should be close to the kitchen or water source which will greatly facilitate the process of cleaning and brewing coffee.
-Easy access: Make sure this area is easy to access from various parts of the house, especially in the morning when you want to brew coffee.
-Sufficient lighting: It is also important to place the home cafe in a bright area, this aims to create a comfortable place that also looks professional.
-Table Size: This is also something you have to think about because this will affect the comfort of making coffee. The right size of the table can influence several things, such as the placement of the table, access to each side of the table, especially the table holds various tools for brewing coffee, so the size and shape of the table can also influence the creation of a home cafe.
Home Cafe Type
There are several types of home cafes that we can make according to our own needs and desires along with the concept of the home cafe. The following are the types of home cafes that are possible to make at home:
1. Home Cafe in the Kitchen
-Open concept: being one with the kitchen, the home cafe here can share space with a cooking area, or also use part of the kitchen table or counter for a coffee brewing area, by adding shelves or cupboards to store coffee equipment.
-Minimalist and practical: Go for a functional design with easy-to-reach tool storage and a simple layout.
2. Home Café in the Living Room
-Cafe corner: In the corner of the living room, you can create a comfortable cafe feel by adding a coffee table, wall shelves for coffee equipment, and several chairs that can be used.
-Decorative aesthetics: Add some decorative elements such as indoor plants, coffee posters, or coffee-themed artwork to provide a fun artistic touch and don't overdo the elements.
3. Home Café on the Balcony or Terrace
-Outdoor café: A balcony or terrace can be converted into a home café by adding small tables and benches, as well as a moveable coffee brewing area.
-Natural feel: Maximize the use of green plants and natural lighting to create a relaxed and beautiful atmosphere accompanied by a direct breeze
4. Home Café in the Corner of the Work Space
-Productive cafe: If you are someone who often works from home, a corner of your work space can be used as a home cafe area. Place the coffee machine and equipment near the work desk for easy access when you need coffee so that when you need it you can easily get the coffee.
-Focus on comfort: Uses an ergonomic design with shelves to store coffee tools without disturbing the work space.
5. Home Café in the Pantry
-Small and compact cafe: If space at home is limited, then the pantry can be the ideal place for a more minimalist home cafe. You can use a wall shelf or small cupboard to store coffee and brewing equipment so you have more space.
-Good organization: Use this small area wisely to keep it neat and functional.
This is a type of home cafe that might be a reference that can be used to create an aesthetic and well-organized home cafe, whether in a small place or house or in a place that you originally wanted to use as a home cafe.
Conclusion
From the things we discussed previously, we can find out several things, especially about home cafes. We can conclude about making a home cafe, we can find out how to make a home cafe, we can also know what needs to be prepared to make a home cafe, and we can also understand how to apply a home cafe in various corners of the house starting from from the workplace to the balcony of the house, it turns out that a home cafe can be placed in the right place like that and doesn't take up too much space.
