Would You Like a Cup of Coffee?

This drama is not for everyone. If you're looking for romance or suspense it's not for you.

But if you re looking for something tranquil and serene with meditative depth, you might love it.

The drama and the topic are rather niche products than mainstream. The topic of the drama evolves around a small coffee shop and the art of brewing coffee and how small acts of kindness can improve people's lifes.

This miniseries it's like a warm, relaxing coffee break, each episode ~20 minutes long. I liked the mentor-mentee relationship, even though the mentor was a bit too cliche of a wise, mysterious, stoic person contrasted by the side characters and the critic.

The unspoken leaves space for your own pondering and interpretation.

The coffee shop itself is warm and calm space.

And that's probably how this series is best watched: as a warm, refuelling break, all the while also learning about coffee.

Well made 👌

This is not for everyone. This is for those who are into the slow poetry of a long shot, into the meditative quality of silence, into thinking about what the characters are feeling. It's a gem. When so much media is about speed, intensity, and in your face "this is what you should understand from it," this show give you space to immerse yourself in what a scene means, what the characters are. I find it comparable to "Midnight Diner" for the kind of atmosphere it sets and for the depth of feeling it elicits. Twelve episodes were enough to leave a mark, but I hope there will be more and that if they come they will stay true to the quality of this season.

After the manic extravagance of CGI super heroes, overly sentimental disease of the month dramas, guessable mysteries and unfunny comedies, too often full of foul language and over the top fight scenes, this series is a breath of fresh air. The acting is such that you feel they are not acting, that they are the real people they portray. It is a series of moments intertwining a group of people's lives, centered around a coffee shop. The humor is light, the drama is believable, and their stories are like fresh brewed fine quality coffee. Another viewer hoped there will be a continuation, but with the same quality of this delightful view into these characters.

This is a masterpiece of life. It is a study in quality. It is a quiet and beautiful story of choices in a life. There is no trauma, no blood. It is quiet , sweet, yes full in its truth. It reminds me some of the master chef in midnight diner. (another gem) but this is day. The discoveries of the apprentice also change the master . It has a zen quality, it is a story of the heart between friends. It is beautifully made. I was never bored. Each episode is a short 35min or so . Easily digestible.

I found it magical how everyone responds and enriches eachothers life . I hope to watch it all again soon.

I don't even drink coffee so the main theme wasn't something I'm interested in normally. But even the way all the coffee trivia is delivered is soft spoken and delicate like the whole series. This is the closest I've seen to 80s/90s Woody Allen in a Korean series. I don't know if that was the intention/inspiration of the creators or not but it was such a pleasant and heart warming surprise.

The colors, cinematography, music, clothing, hair and overall aesthetic. The emphasis on dialogue and relationships, without noise or unnecessary drama. But most importantly for me, how pretty the city setting looked in each frame, just like Woody Allen used to do for New York City. It makes me want to visit Korea, even though I know the reality is different. Just like NYC ;)