If you think old people are just good at sitting down and reading and then falling asleep, then this woman will prove you wrong. Meet Auntie Pim, the 70-year old barista behind the counter of Mother Roaster, one of Bangkok’s new hipster coffee shops.
At Mother Roaster, every bean of coffee is ground and pressed by Pa Pim’s withered but energetic hands. Fittingly, her chatter with regulars is sprinkled with young’un jargon and trendy English vocab.
Not only does Pa Pim brew coffee; she also gives people some advice in life.
“When you really love something, you can do it every day. You know the word, ‘passion’?”
She also talks about the benefits of running the coffee shop.
“I wanted to get out of the house,” Pa Pim said, when asked why she took up the grind. “I make my own coffee at home every day anyway. This is just changing the place I make it, while making money doing something I love. I also get to socialize.”
Pa Pim usually runs the shop alone, but sometimes her son shows up to help her.
Know more about Pa Pim and her shop over at Khaosod English.
(Image Credit: Mother Roaster/ Facebook)