


In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe’s time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer’s, see their sister one last time, and meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.īut the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the cafe, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold. Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Hardcover) Published November 17th 2020 by Hanover Square Press. The novel Before the coffee gets cold is adapted from a 1110 Productions play by Kawaguchi, which won the 10th Suginami Drama Festival. Coffee was far more pleasurable when it was hot. She couldn't enjoy iced coffee in the same way. She liked the aroma of it when it was freshly brewed.

As a playwright, his works include COUPLE, Sunset Song, and Family Time. Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold 7 likes Like Kohtake, though, liked her coffee hot, even in summer. He formerly produced, directed and wrote for the theatrical group Sonic Snail. As a playwright, his works include COUPLE, Sunset Song, and Family Time. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. Toshikazu Kawaguchi was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971. He formerly produced, directed and wrote for the theatrical group Sonic Snail. What would you change if you could go back in time?In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years.
