I need this shop, Seok and Go-bi, where I live!
Fenmb 2024A very gentle, easy going, slow paced drama, centering very much on the daily comings and goings of a small, independent, traditional café with no gimmicks.
The story focuses on the growing friendship between the café owner and a young man who, once he falls for the coffee, the shop, plus the skills and knowledge of the owner, decides he wants to work there and become a skilled Barista.
Then there are the cafe's regular and very loyal customers too.
Added to this, each episode introduces a different, new customer, together with their own story.
I think many might find this drama too slow, but I thought it charming and nicely written.
The less mature attitude and different outlook of the student Barista, coupled with the experienced and set in his ways owner; the two actually learn from each other.
I loved the character of Kang Go-bi (played just right by Ong Seong-wu), whose impatience and low-key temper often get the better of him. He is quick to learn, however, from the more experienced Park Seok.
When another approach to and possible explanation for, customers' sometimes annoying behaviours are pointed out to him, he has no problem seeing his mistake, or their side of things and apologising, or reaching out.
He also instinctively feels when he's handled something less than well.
This is a perfect drama to watch in stages, possibly between more gritty and/or emotional ones, for a little respite.
A lovely cast too, with several favourite support actors turning up.
I thoroughly enjoyed it.... as I do my coffee :~q
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a relaxing story
I will start off by saying: I hate coffee. I really do but still, I wanted to watch a series about... well... coffee.But that's not everything this series is about; it does not tell the story of coffee but how a small act of kindness or even just a great cup of coffee can change a life. How every little decision can make your life a bit better, happier.
While I really enjoyed the series, I would say that you can appreciate it best if you watch one episode at a time. Because just like drinking too much coffee at once, it can become a bit boring to watch everything at once (but that's just a preference). Apart from that, the story is quite slow paced and doesn't really evolves; the episodes are more like little stories about the people who visit the café. The soundtrack is beautiful, I fell in love with every single bit of it.
Overall, this series is a great watch when you want to relax for a few minutes after a hard day but that might be too boring for some people.
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I'll drink this cup, even though I don't like coffee.
The most stressful parts of this series are the previews for the next episode.This is a slow-paced slice-of-life drama, and although it addresses heavier topics (illness, death, financial problems, social injustice etc.), all the episodes end on a positive note.
Each episode focuses on one question or person -- but there are enough recurring characters from the neighbourhood that the shop feels like a part of the community.
The coffee shop is not just a backdrop for the stories, but the process of making a cup of coffee and the pleasure of drinking it are a integral part of the series -- even I, who do not like to drink coffee, was tempted to go and try some of these. In later episodes, the focus tends toward the beans and their origins, and that lost me a bit; my investment in the characters was strong enough to continue regardless.
Also, I liked that they incorporated the pandemic -- a lot of shows just ignore it, even though it has had a huge impact on most of us over the last few years.
The open but hopeful ending suited the slice-of-life theme of the whole show -- life does not have a Happily Ever After.
All in all, I can recommend it.
Although the show reminds me of Japanese shows like "Rokuhoudou" oder "Three Star Bar", it lacks that certain je ne sais quoi that those shows have -- so it's worth watching and I enjoyed every minute of it, but I don't think I'll be coming back.
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A drama that warm in heart
Every episode has its own charm. Nice directing, nice chemistry and nice written story. There is always something to learn in each episode that warm in heart.I just know that this is based on Manhwa with the same name and to think this manhwa produce into series, it really a very nice idea so it could reach wider people. The story really good .. well thought, sometimes implicit sometimes explicit .. and everyone has their own right and way to interpret each story.
Eventhough Ong Seong Wu younger than Park Hosan, he could balance with him. That's show a great potential in him. The cameo also really nice and great! The other casts also good to play their part, they didnt over power each other instead support each other character in the whole story.
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Coffee to Record Player and Tea to Sunset
A good old classic tale, that works in every season.Would You Like a Cup of Coffee?, is majestically calm and beautiful. The tale seems told countless times, but feels new. The cafes in Korea is insanely cool, it is not wrong to say that Korea has one of the most exquisite cafes with heavenly decor and interior. And they seem to share the same aura, whether it is in busy Iteawon of Seoul or somewhere in Jeju alongside sea or even rooted deep in the streets of old town.
They all have one thing common, calmness and the light shinning through their big windows. I wasn't expecting much, and story seemed really simple, which it is, but the relationship weaved over coffee learning is going to be a joy ride for both actors. I am not a fan of coffee, but been drinking like water, I am a tea person and tea doesn't belong in cafe, it belongs on camp in a rough cattle burned on a coal, with sunset sweeping all the emotions, as you take a sip. And by tea I mean, milk tea, nit a tea leaves brew in hot water.
But I am equally fond of coffee, however I don't go to large lengths to find a good coffee shop, but I like having it, as if I am dying into endless emotions of the owner who made it. It is very hard to find people and cafes, who can actually blend emotions with coffee. This series just give me that, it is very plain, calm and connected to emotions, that I am really looking forward to it.
I am not going to dessapointed by it, because I know there is nothing wrong with series, this is just made for people like me to sit and watch and relax. I love the color scheme, golden, brown and copper - a perfect visiulazation to dive deep into thoughts, while having a coffee of your dreams - if that makes any sense.
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Algo cotidiano
Si te gusta el slice of life introspectivo, el café y los ambientes calmos, esta es una muy bonita serie para ver. Nos habla sobre animarse a tomar nuevos rumbos en la vida, aprender de todos los que nos rodean y estar dispuesto a ayudar a los demás. Algo nos vamos a llevar de los vínculos que formamos, y algo nosotros le vamos a dejar al resto que se lleve.Destaco las actuaciones, en verdad me parecieron brillantes desde el primer episodio, ni un gesto de más, ni momentos sobreactuados. Todo se sentía armónico, en algún punto como expectadora empecé a verme allí, en la cafetería, como una cliente más.
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