Making historical references, Chang sighs, "The eight-year war of resistance [against the Japanese] was nothing--I went through 18 years of hardship like Wang Baochuan [who waited for her husband, a Tang Dynasty general captured by the enemy]." Like coffee itself, the experience was bitter at first but became sweet with time.
「8 年抗戰算什麼，我走過的是王寶釧苦守寒窯 18 年，」張萊恩有感而發，咖啡先苦後甘的滋味，是他最貼切的人生寫照。