Well-known figures such as Vice President Lai Qingde, New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi and former Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe.

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[Reporter Lin Yizhang/Report from Chiayi] Gao Guofang, the owner of the coffee shop in Minxiong Township, Chiayi County, began to hand-paint customer portraits on the cups 8 years ago. Over the years, he has painted more than 6,000 portraits of coffee cups. Some customers even appointed him to paint as a gift for friends. Gifts; Gao Guofang said that there is no extra charge for hand-painted coffee cup portraits, but his own interest. He just wants to "draw a touch" for the guests and send a unique surprise.

Gao Guofang said that he had a dream of opening a coffee shop because he read the novel "Waiting for a Coffee" when serving in the catering industry. Ten years ago, he opened the "Wait for a Person at the Beginning of the Story" coffee shop near the Minxiong Industrial Zone. , 70 yuan of coffee is very popular with office workers nearby.

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At that time, coffee latte art was popular, but latte art was time-consuming, not suitable for office workers and consumers, and could not be collected. Gao Guofang had the idea of ​​painting on paper cups. He had no art background, and the cups were curved, so it was difficult to draw. He laughed at himself "at the beginning The painting is ugly", through years of practice, I began to capture the unique charm of each customer.

With the rise of the Internet age, Gao Guofang runs a fan page on Facebook. When he sees a customer’s like, he will go to the other party’s Facebook, select photos, and usually draw on coffee cups when he has free time, and then tag the customer. Later, I will come to the coffee shop to buy coffee and bring back my exclusive coffee cup collection. Once, a customer took a photo of a girl he liked and asked him to draw on the cup, giving him a unique and mysterious gift.

Gao Guofang usually spends 2 hours seriously painting a piece of work, sometimes on a whim, he will sketch portraits of customers with high-quality coffee within 3 minutes to surprise the guests.

Minxiong Township Mayor Lin Yuling, Chiayi County Councilor Zhan Wanzhen and others are frequent customers of the coffee shop. Lin Yuling recently celebrated the birthdays of more than 30 employees of the office, and bought coffee. Gao Guofang asked Gao Guofang to paint employee portraits on each cup.

Gao Guofang usually draws coffee cups of well-known figures for his own collection. He once painted coffee cups for 37 Chiayi County councilors, as well as Chiayi County Mayor Weng Zhangliang, Vice President Lai Qingde, former Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe, New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi and others.

Sometimes customers designate paintings on the spot, and if Gao Guofang is not busy, it takes about 10 minutes to complete. "Seeing the happy faces of customers is the greatest joy of running a coffee shop for me."

Gao Guofang usually paints portraits on coffee cups for guests.

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Gao Guofang's hand-painted coffee cups are painted with portraits of famous people.

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Gao Guofang looked for photos on the customer's Facebook and helped the customer paint a portrait on the coffee cup.

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Chiayi County Mayor Weng Zhangliang's coffee cup portrait.

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