A short and relaxing visual novel to play before bed - Coffee Talk gives an interesting flavor to mundanity, something that I'd argue it's more appreciated these days considering the wacky times we're living in right now.

Regardless, the concept of making drinks is an intricate one albeit limited; there're some attempts into stretching the mechanic but they end up feeling either too shallow, or too stressful to the point of having to make drinks based by "number x of a certain taste or temperature" with a timer. If this sounds like fun to you, then perhaps you might encounter some replay value once you're done with the main story.

... which is also short. My biggest frustration is the length, everything feels so shortsighted - it's like you want to surprise someone by making a cosy room spending hours and hours with fragile decoration, just for it to be destroyed minutes after showing. Definitely very nice and I've loved my time with, but unfortunately... could be more memorable.

Saddens me to recommend Coffee Talk solely on sale, but I look forward to see what's next for the developer.

A short and relaxing visual novel to play before bed - [i]Coffee Talk[/i] gives an interesting flavor to mundanity, something that I'd argue it's more appreciated these days considering the wacky times we're living in right now. Regardless, the concept of making drinks is an intricate one albeit limited; there're some attempts into stretching the mechanic but they end up feeling either too shallow, or too stressful to the point of having to make drinks based by "number x of a certain taste or temperature" with a timer. If this sounds like fun to you, then perhaps you might encounter some replay value once you're done with the main story. ... which is also short. My biggest frustration is the length, everything feels so shortsighted - it's like you want to surprise someone by making a cosy room spending hours and hours with fragile decoration, just for it to be destroyed minutes after showing. Definitely very nice and I've loved my time with, but unfortunately... could be more memorable. Saddens me to recommend [i]Coffee Talk[/i] solely on sale, but I look forward to see what's next for the developer.