I tried moving back to Boston. It made me realize I wanted to build my life in China.
Nick Lappen found his passion for bartending after a transformative stint in China in his 20s.After returning to Boston during the pandemic, he opened a small bar to test the concept he hoped to bring to China.By 2023, he was back in China and went on to open a bar in Chengdu, specializing in tiki cocktails.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nick Lappen, an American bartender and entrepreneur based in China. His words have been edited for length and clarity.I first visited China when I was 22 on a road trip from London to Mongolia, and the experience left a lasting impression.
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Nick Lappen found his passion for bartending after a transformative stint in China in his 20s.After returning to Boston during the pandemic, he opened a small bar to test the concept he hoped to bring to China.By 2023, he was back in China and went on to open a bar in Chengdu, specializing in tiki cocktails.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nick Lappen, an American bartender and entrepreneur based in China. His words have been edited for length and clarity.I first visited China when I was 22 on a road trip from London to Mongolia, and the experience left a lasting impression. A few years later, in 2015, I signed what I expected would just be a six-month contract as an education consultant in a mountainous province in southwest China.Instead, it changed the course of my career.After briefly returning to the US, I realized I missed the lifestyle of China and moved back. I no longer wanted to teach full time, so I started to split my time between teaching and bartending.
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- Nick Lappen found his passion for bartending after a transformative stint in China in his 20s.After returning to Boston during the pandemic, he opened a small bar to test the concept he hoped to bring to China.By 2023, he was back in China and went on to open a bar in Chengdu, specializing in tiki cocktails.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nick Lappen, an American bartender and entrepreneur based in China. His words have been edited for length and clarity.I first visited China when I was 22 on a road trip from London to Mongolia, and the experience left a lasting impression.
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I tried moving back to Boston. It made me realize I wanted to build my life in China.
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