But that you cannot leave the chair, whatever you say or do will not alter the present, and that there is a time limit: the journey through time begins when the coffee is poured, and you must finish it before the coffee gets cold. They yield and admit that there is, that you can travel back in time to a chosen moment in the café’s past. Soon enough she recalls the local urban myth surrounding the time-travelling chair, and desperately asks the café’s staff if there’s any truth to it. Goro moves to the US and a week goes by for the pining, mourning Fumiko, who continues to visit the café. She hopes for a proposal, but he hits her with a break-up. Before the Coffee Gets Coldīefore the Coffee Gets Coldopens with Fumiko meeting with her boyfriend for what he calls a ‘serious conversation’. Offer: Try this book for free with a trial of Audible. You can now also read the sequel novel Tales from the Cafe! As Before the Coffee Gets Cold begins, it seems to be nothing more than a twee, even slightly awkward tale that might make for a passable plot to a TV drama.īut as the layers are peeled back, the book reveals a far more earnest beating heart.
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