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No, it's okay, it's okay. I'll fix mine too.
Yeah, exactly.
I gotta make sure.
Yeah, that way, you know.
Yeah, I think that's better.
And that one, you know.
Yeah, you should, yeah.
That should go right there. That's better.
Alright.
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Yangchen was fixing his hair just now.
You gotta make sure that everything's on point.
I like that. I think that's all.
Oh, hold on. It's the hair right here.
There you go! There you go! That's what I'm talking about.
Perfect.
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Wow.
It's really warm today.
Yeah, it's really warm today.
I'm feeling really energized.
Yeah, yeah, I can see that.
Because the outside, it's so sunny and so beautiful.
Yes.
Today is the 14th?
Yes.
God, it is very warm.
It's hot, actually.
It's hot, actually. It's not warm. It's hot.
You start sweating, you know?
You came here by bike, right?
I did. I did. With my...
Cross bike.
Oh, cross bike. Wow.
40 minutes.
Wow.
Oh, like, a little bit more, you know...
More than what you expected?
Yeah, but still.
I know. I know.
You love riding bicycles.
I love riding bicycles.
It's just, it feels so good.
Yeah, especially like, the day like today.
Feels so nice, I guess.
Look at this.
Yeah.
Look at these guys.
You can only see this on video, but...
God damn it.
Yeah, that's amazing.
So beautiful. Yeah.
Okay.
I feel like going outside.
You want to just go outside?
Yeah.
Buy some sandwiches and coffee.
Yeah, there's a Blue Bottle Coffee right...
Oh, really?
Yeah, it's behind here, I think.
It's nice.
I've been to Blue Bottle Coffee once.
It was good.
Okay.
Have you been there before?
Yeah.
But, I'd appreciate if they had more seats.
Oh, true.
Yeah.
True.
They're very like...
I went to the one in Shinjuku.
The station?
Shinjuku station, yes.
And, very roomy, you know?
Yeah.
Like, there were a lot of dead spaces.
Why don't you just put another chair here?
Yeah, like for people like you who hate those dead spaces.
Exactly.
You know.
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It just didn't click.
Yeah.
True.
They've got so many spaces, rooms, and...
Well, to me that's, you know, comfortable.
Oh, really?
And feel, you know, good.
Yeah.
However, on the other hand, many cafes, I would say Starbucks, one of them, is way too crowded.
Okay.
Not crowded.
I mean, I'm talking about like...
The seats are way too like clustered.
Like, when you look at a full-housed Starbucks, right?
What?
Full-housed Starbucks?
What do you mean?
Full-housed.
It's like the full?
It's packed.
Oh, I see.
I see. Okay.
By the way, I just made that word up.
Full-housed.
Okay.
It might not be a word, but you get the point.
Yeah.
What you didn't buy.
You didn't buy.
No, I thought I just didn't know what that was.
Oh, no, no, no.
But yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So, if it's crammed, right?
And like you just find one seat open right there and you sit down, the people like next
to you are so close.
Yeah, that's true.
It's so awkward, right?
So awkward.
Yeah.
Like, if you're there with like two people, right?
If you and another person sit down, it kind of like...
Yeah.
This guy right here next to me can hear our conversation.
So, it's kind of awkward.
So, I can't really talk.
That is true.
What?
Yeah.
I get that a lot, especially in like these crowded cities like Shinjuku, Shibuya.
Yeah.
Many of the Starbucks.
Yeah.
That's a problem, I feel like.
True, true.
Yeah.
It just doesn't feel comfortable anymore.
Yeah.
I agree with you.
It's really like completely closed and...
Yeah.
Yeah.
Uncomfortable.
Yeah, kind of being forced to listening to others' conversation.
I agree.
Which makes me feel so uncomfortable sometimes.
Yeah.
You can't help it.
Yeah.
It just comes in.
Yeah.
Like, you know how there's some people that don't really give a shit about like if people
right next to you are listening to your conversation or not?
Like, they just keep talking with their like maximum voices.
Yeah.
I just can't stop listening to their conversations.
It's just, you know, come in.
Yeah, I know.
Even if you're not trying to listen, it just comes in, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
And sometimes it's really funny.
Like...
I understand.
It's just...
I'm so sorry to say this, but you know...
Like...
In a bad way, right?
Interesting in a bad way.
Yeah.
Right?
I agree.
Yeah.
Talking about, you know, partners.
Yeah.
And you know, families, friends.
Yeah.
Well, that's really funny.
I agree.
I agree.
It's just...
Yeah.
I...
It just lures you in.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So...
I didn't know that there is a Blue Portal.
It didn't look that...
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Um...
"Konderu?"
Nice.
Yeah.
It wasn't that crowded, I think.
But I don't know.
You can never underestimate Shibuya.
Yeah.
Of course.
Yeah.
Yeah.
How did you like the taste?
Yeah, it was good.
It was...
I forgot what I drank.
I forgot what the name was.
But like, it was some sort of like...
I think it was espresso, milk, and some sort of syrup.
Okay.
Kind of like a latte.
Syruped latte or something.
And the espresso was really like deep.
Oh.
You know.
It had lots of like "poku."
Uh-huh.
And it was really like deep flavored.
I don't know how you say that in English.
But like "koku."
You feel a lot of the "koku."
And it was good.
Yeah, I enjoyed that.
I enjoyed it.
But expensive.
Oh, yeah.
Two overpriced.
True.
That's for sure.
Yeah.
I didn't know that they serve those latte-ish.
Yeah.
Well, maybe it wasn't a latte.
Maybe.
Maybe, maybe not.
But...
Cool.
Yeah.
That's good.
Do you like their coffees?
Well, yeah.
Yeah?
They're good.
Are you being nice?
What?
Are you being polite?
No, I'm just saying I love coffee.
Oh, okay.
Whatever they taste, you know, I love.
You respect them.
Yeah.
And also, it's good.
Actually, they're good.
Yeah.
What are they known for?
Like are they known for their high quality coffees?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Are they actually high quality coffees?
Oh, yeah, they are.
Oh.
Okay.
So, what do you think?
What do you think?
What do you think?
What do you think?
Are they high quality coffees?
Oh, yeah, they are.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
You know how like one friend of ours, the guy with the glasses.
Oh, yeah.
I love photography.
Who loves coffee.
Yeah, yeah.
Said that Starbucks doesn't have that much refresh beans.
That's what he told me.
And, well, I didn't know that, right?
So, I thought like Starbucks had like a front, like a number one tier kind of quality.
But for him, I guess not.
So, I guess, I'm thinking like all these chain coffee shops, not only Starbucks, but like
Blue Bottle coffees are within the same like range of quality, I thought.
So, I didn't know if you thought that that was good or not.
I'm kind of surprised to hear that you think.
Oh, yeah.
Actually, Blue Bottle is kind of one step forward.
Oh, really?
I think talk about the quality of those beans actually.
So that's why they are expensive.
I see.
Yeah.
But, yeah.
But, you know, they're good.
Starbucks is good.
I love Talis.
I love, you know, those, you know, just coffee chains.
But, you know, if you talk about the beans, you know, itself quality, you know, they're,
you know, enough.
But like those Blue Bottles or like, you know, specialty, you know, bean shops, you know,
they are like really nice.
Have you been to Starbucks Reserve?
Oh, Starbucks Reserve.
Yeah.
Reserve or Roastery.
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Yeah.
At the Meguro, Nakameguro?
Nakameguro.
That's, yeah, Roastery.
Is that, how's that?
Is that good for you?
Like, first of all, the place was so like fun.
Yeah, that was amazing.
It was looking so good.
I know.
Being there was really interesting and exciting.
So that was fun.
Yeah.
And, yeah, they served me some kind of specialties.
That was good.
That was nice.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh.
That was nice.
I'm going to take that as it kind of sucked.
No, no, no.
What are you taking about?
That was nice.
It was nice?
Nice, yeah.
Okay, okay.
Is that it?
Is that it, Yohchan?
Oh, you know, you know, but, you know, so crowded.
So.
Ah, okay.
That was the one point.
Yeah.
Okay, got it.
The coffee bean itself was at a really satisfying level.
Yeah.
That's good.
That's good to hear.
All right.
But, you know, talk about the freshness.
Yeah.
I guess, you know, it's difficult for those big chain stores for them to keep the real
freshness.
Right.
Because, you know, so many logistics.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I agree.
I agree.
But they're good.
But they're good.
All right, respect.
Yes.
It's a respect.
I love.
You just actually love them.
I do love them.
Okay, got it.
You actually love the beans.
Yes.
Got it.
All right.
Yes.
All right.
On the record.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
