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Seattle is a city world-renowned for coffee roasting, coffee culture, and the number of coffeehouses it has. So it is the perfect place to set a barista simulator game like Coffee Talk. Fans of VA-11 Hall-A will be familiar with the general concept of the game but, instead of a bartender in a futuristic cyberpunk world, players are a barista in an alternative modern setting where many of Seattle's inhabitants are from fantasy races like orcs and elves.
Despite being from these fantasy races, a lot of Seattle's inhabitants have very human problems, and it's up to the player to listen to their problems and serve them the right drink. Being a barista simulator/visual novel, there are a lot of different drinks to make. There are five base ingredients; tea, chocolate, milk, green tea, and coffee from which all the drinks are made.
Starting Recipes
At the start of the game, there five drink recipes in the "Brewpad" app recipe list and four will be made on Day One when serving Freya, Lua, and Baileys. Freya wants an Espresso, Lua wants a Dark Chocolate, and Baileys will end up ordering two drinks, a Cappuccino with Latte Art and a Green Tea Latte. The recipes for those drinks and the other starting drinks are;
- Espresso: Coffee, Coffee, Coffee
- Dark Chocolate: Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate
- Cappuccino with Latte Art: Coffee, Coffee, Milk (When it comes to Latte Art, what's drawn doesn't matter.)
- Green Tea Latte: Green Tea, Milk, Milk
- Caffe Latte: Coffee, Milk, Milk
Day Two & Day Three
Day Two and Day Three will introduce several more characters and drink recipes. Freya will have her usual Espresso, but there will be five more recipes unlocked as Jorji, Gala, Hyde, Myrtle, and Rachel are introduced. On Day 2, Jorji wants a Honey Coffee and Gala and Hyde want a Jahe Tubruk. On Day 3 Myrtle wants Honey Milk, Rachel wants Milk, and Jorji wants Cough Syrup.
- Honey Coffee: Coffee, Honey, Honey
- Jahe Tubruk: Coffee, Cofee, Ginger
- Honey Milk: Milk, Honey, Honey
- Milk: Milk, Milk, Milk
- Cough Syrup: Green Tea, Lemon, Honey
Day Four & Day Five
Between Day 4 and Day 5 there will be five new recipes discovered. During Day 4, characters that have already been introduced will return. Hyde will want a Ginger Green Tea, Freya will want something different from her usual Espresso, an STMJ, Lua will want a Green Tea Latte and Gala will want a Gala Had. It's important to make the Gala Had for him either on Day 4 or Day 7 as it will come into play later in the game.
On Day 5 Myrtle will return and will want a Café Latte and there will be two new characters introduced; Neil and Aqua. Neil will ask the player to make them anything, and it's a good opportunity to try and figure out a new recipe. One of the potential new recipes to learn is the Black Lemon. Aqua will want a Masala Chai.
- Ginger Green Tea: Green Tea, Ginger, Ginger
- STMJ: Milk, Ginger, Honey
- Gala Had: Tea, Milk, Ginger
- Black Lemon: Coffee, Coffee, Lemon
- Masala Chai: Tea, Ginger, Cinnamon
Day Six & Day Seven
Day 6 and Day 7 will only offer two new drink recipes and one new character. On Day 6 Aqua will return and want a Russian Tea, Freya will go back to her usual Espresso and the new character Hendry will want an STMJ. On Day 7 only Gala and Baileys will visit the coffee shop. If Gala wasn't made a Gala Had on Day 4 make sure to make him one today. And Baileys will want a Ginger Latte.
- Russian Tea: Tea, Lemon, Cinnamon
- Ginger Latte: Coffee, Ginger, Milk
Day Eight & Day Nine
There are 6 new recipes to learn between Day 8 and Day 9, and all the characters in the game will have been introduced. Gala will want a Gala Had once again. Hyde will want a new drink, the Midsummer Night's Dream.
Neil will show up again and ask for anything, and a good new recipe to try on them would be a Milky Way. Day 9 will have Aqua, Myrtle, Rachel, and Hendry return and Aqua will want a Marrakech, Myrtle will want a Teh Tarik, Rachel will want a Chocobee Miruku, and Hendry will want a Spanish Sahara.
- Milky Way: Milk, Honey, Mint
- Midsummer Night's Dream: Tea, Lemon, Honey
- Marrakech: Green Tea, Mint, Mint
- Teh Tarik: Tea, Tea, Milk
- Chocobee Miruku: Chocolate, Honey, Milk
- Spanish Sahara: Chocolate, Milk, Ginger
Day Ten & Day Eleven
Day 10 the coffee shop will only have two customers, Freya and Myrtle. But Freya will want something new, prompting a new recipe, Black Magic. Myrtle will want a Jahe Tubruk. Day 11 is a pretty intense day. It'll finish Lua and Baileys' arc and give the achievement "Love of my life" as long as they were served the right drinks.
Baileys will want a Bitter Heart and Lua will want a Gingerbread Coffee. Freya will want an Espresso, despite how against the idea the player will be. If they want to grab the achievement "Is this is?" they'll have to serve her anything other than Espresso. After Lua and Baileys leave, Gala will storm into the coffee shop in his fury werewolf form. Serve him a Gala Had, and it'll calm him down, and he'll leave.
- Black Magic: Coffee, Mint, Honey
- Bitter Heart: Chocolate, Ginger, Cinnamon
- Gingerbread Coffee: Coffee, Ginger, Cinnamon
Day Twelve & Day Thirteen
By Day 12 all the characters' Tomodachill profiles should be unlocked, and the player will earn the "Social Media Fever" achievement. Freya, Gala, Rachel, and Hendry will come in on this day. Rachel will want a Café Latte, Gala will want a Gala Had and Hendry will want Milk.
Freya comes in with a new order that will unlock a new recipe, Sugar & Spice. Day 13 will conclude Hendry and Racheal's arc and give the achievement "Father and Daughter". There will also only be two orders to take that day, Jorji will want an Espresso, and Rachel will want a Dark Chocolate.
- Sugar & Spice: Coffee, Honey, Cinnamon
Endless Mode
There are no drinks to serve on Day 14 and the player will finish Hyde and Gala's arc and get the achievement "There's a Spark" if they make every drink the two asked for. Aside from that, all there's left to do is watch the rest of the game play out and see what comes from the choices that were made. There are several other drinks to make that won't show up in the main storyline, unless the player experiments with the different ingredient combinations.
Luckily, Endless mode is unlocked after finishing the story. Endless mode has two ways to play, a "Free Brew" where players can make anything they want for with no sort of penalty. And a Challenge Mode where the player has to make as many correct orders within a time limit. The rest of the recipes that can be discovered are as follows:
- Shai Adeni: Tea, Milk, Cinnamon
- Shin Genmaicha: Green Tea, Green Tea, Cinnamon
- The Grinch: Green Tea, Ginger, Cinnamon
- Spiced Lady: Chocolate, Milk, Cinnamon
- Bedchamber: Milk, Cinnamon, Honey
- Le Menthol: Milk, Mint, Lemon
- Lemony Snippet: Milk, Honey, Mint