Just finished watching this drama today. I don't usually watch slice of life genre type of dramas since I prefer intense fighting to slow pace stories. However, this drama is actually a gold. A gold that was overlooked by others due to its storyline and so on. Initially, I was attracted by the title of the drama. A drama about coffee? What's so interesting about it? But it change my mind after the first episode.

I would like to share my opinion about the actual meaning for the coffees that Aoyama (Main Lead) provided for his customers. These ideas might have another meaning for you since everyone have their different kinds of mindset.

First Coffee (Time) - From what I understand, Aoyama wanted to tell Gakine that someday, someone would notice her quality. Just like her boss and some little customers, would willing to wait patiently for his coffee while some don't. Just stick to your own will, because, there are something deserve for us to wait.

Second Coffee (Spice) - Sometimes adding a little spice into your life would make your plain world to be more interesting and fun. Change your point of view to witness the most beautiful thing in your life. Then, you will find out out that, there's actually a lot of things that are waiting for us to discover.

Third Coffee (Colourful World) - the society isn't as good as you think. Even the colorful imaginations and decorations can't beautifying the real nature of the world. Just like the coffee that Aoyama made for the high schooler. It tasted sweet and beautiful, everything seemed fine. But don't forget that it was also a coffee too. The true colors will crush your dream and force you to be faced with it.

Fourth Coffee (Life) - We might have done something wrong in our life. Humans are not perfect. How about forget your past and start a new life? I love the scene where they cleaned the coffee machine and dark stains flowing out from the opening. The coffee machine indicated the female who would want to wash away the dirty and guilt inside her that made her miserable. And Aoyama found the right way to solve the knob inside her. Life must go on whatever disaster happened on us.

Fifth Coffee (Mix or Original?) - Mix or original? Sometimes we will find ourselves stuck in between the two roads. Majority will choose the first option in order to satisfy themselves, with the cost - unhappy and insecure. They have forgotten about their real self when getting too immerse in portraying another roles to deal with their life. They might overlooked their surrounding, the true supporters who prefer their original self. Mix or original? Aoyama mixed the coffee and made the taste worse. This told us that sometimes the overdoing would make the situation even worse. Be yourself, don't forget your inner self who is admired by others.

Sixth Coffee (Worng decision?) - Wrong or correct? We might get confused with the result that we did. Some of them would choose to give up when they assume they have selected the wrong decision. But who knows, was that actually a right or incorrect? As long as we don't give up everything we have done, the result might surprise us too. For instance, coffee and rice wine. What a weird combination isn't it? But Aoyama successfully brought out a new flavor for the bar customers. And it actually turned out pretty good.

Seventh Coffee (Blue) - Once again, life must go on. There was a man who was in deeply depressed due to his unfortunate. He didn't want to accept the truth and pretended nothing happened by restricting himself from drinking the coffee. However, the scent was too good and difficult to oppose. Aoyama gave him a coffee. It was blue mountain coffee that the man's wife would make for him before he went to work. Even though she was not as skill as Aoyama, but her coffee was the most tastiest he had ever drank. By having the coffee that Aoyama gave, he realized that he must let go and carried on his life.

Aoyama was actually a good counselor. His way to rescue those souls was by offering a coffee,
be observant and listening to their stories. But before he became a professional barista, he was a Yakuza that still managed to save those who were in need.

The Goon's - although Aoyama didn't give Pei any of his coffees, but Aoyama still managed to gain his loyalty by giving a candy. Just because of this kind action, Pei decided to follow Aoyama forever and respected him from the bottom of his heart. He pretended to hate Aoyama just to protect him.

Bot-Chan's coffee milk - Bot-Chan wanted to drink the coffee milk from him school with his own power without relying on his background. While he drank the coffee milk that Tomaru (Aoyama) made, he felt the sweetness and the happiest he had never had. It warmed his heart and taking a like to Tomaru.

Tako's flavored coffee - also known as Aoyama's first human made coffee in his life. It changed Aoyama life afterwards. It rescued the Yakuza, an aimless teenager who only knew cleaning and punching those 'garbage'. Just because of this coffee, Aoyama managed to reborn and follow his goals just to spread the coffee his teacher taught him. Just like how his teacher saved him from the black.


Aoyama is that kind of rare savior who will appear in our life. He selflessly spread his hope and love to his customers and pull them back from the dark hole just in time.

If Aoyama shows up to you one day, would you like to have some coffee?

Coffee, Ikaga Deshou?