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Penguin Mania-san.
Mm-hmm.
Kevin-san, Yama-chan, konnichiwa.
Konnichiwa.
I always enjoy listening to your podcasts.
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Not only do I learn English, but I also learn a lot about the way you think about things and your opinions.
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アメリカのカフェ文化
Now, I love cafes.
Mm-hmm.
Are there any coffee chains other than Starbucks in the US?
There are a lot of burger and pizza places in Japan.
I feel like Starbucks is the only cafe.
In American TV shows, there are a lot of scenes where people hold a cup of coffee in their hand when they go to work or drink coffee for lunch.
Where do you usually get those?
I see.
Do you go to a sandwich shop, a hamburger shop, or a convenience store?
I see.
It's still difficult to travel to the U.S. due to the pandemic, but if I have a chance to go to the U.S. again, I'd like to go to a cafe.
Yama-chan, I'm sure you enjoy your coffee, but which coffee did you like the most when you went to the U.S.?
I'd be happy to hear from you. Thank you.
They don't sell doughnuts anymore.
I mean, they do. If you actually look at their menus, they do sell doughnuts.
Pretending that they're a doughnut shop.
They actually do. I've had it. It was average. It was okay. They sell doughnuts. They do. It was okay.
But coffee is famous then.
Yeah, coffee's more... yeah, people buy coffee.
Other places... this place right here, I forgot the name. The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Remember seeing this in New York?
You don't remember seeing this?
No.
There's a little chain there in New York I remember having.
アメリカのカフェ文化
But another place is... it's not coffee, but Panera Bread.
What?
Panera Bread. It's not near, but it's like a bakery-ish kind of thing.
People go there to Sagao.
I went there to Sagao.
Just like a cafe?
Yeah, like a cafe. But it's not known for coffee. It's just bread and soup and all that stuff.
So that's one of the cafe-ish places.
Oh, I see.
But there's not... yeah, I mean, McDonald's. People do buy McDonald's coffees, sure.
Do they have McDonald's coffee? You know, in Japan we have...
McCafe?
Yeah, those ones.
Yeah, McCafe does exist.
Okay.
Yeah, they do.
So they go to the store and just... having coffee and just do some works, maybe?
Not in stores, though. Most people just do take-out.
Okay.
Yeah.
So it's a little different from what we do in Japan.
Yeah, right.
Does people go to Starbucks and do works in the store?
Some people do.
Oh, okay.
Some people do. Yeah, but not... I think majority is take-out, I'd say.
Because in Japan, we go to Starbucks and just... we don't care what drinks there are.
It's more like being in the Starbucks than...
Yeah, right. Being in the atmosphere.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, that's true. I mean, people do go there to chill and hang out there, but like...
I think Japan has much more of a being there to be there kind of vibe.
Yeah, yeah. It's like a work place.
Yeah.
Or third place.
Third place. That's right.
That's what Starbucks says.
That's what Starbucks says. Right.
I guess Japan is more successful at doing this third place thing.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
I really can't think of any other Sagao place in America.
Especially in Rome or all those rural areas.
Okay.
It really is a car environment, so...
Oh, I see.
You wouldn't have that much to go in Sagao.
So people go to where?
To Sagao?
Yeah.
Yeah, so my town was Panera Bread.
Oh, Panera Bread.
Yeah.
I see.
That's it.
That's it?
Yeah, Starbucks, Panera Bread. We didn't have that much.
Okay.
Yeah, not much options.
But they just maybe take out and just go to your house and do that or like...
Yeah, that makes much more sense, right? That makes much more sense.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So it's not like in Japan we go just go to some cafe and just hit it.
Yeah.
And just do some shopping.
Nothing like that.
Not like that. It's a different culture.
It is a different culture.
I see.
Yeah.
Hmm.
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Right.
But there are a lot of like...
I remember going to New York and finding a lot of like...
Not chain cafes, but like, you know, like Kojinten cafes that are really neat and have
desks and chairs and looks, you know, pretty nice to hang out there.
Yeah.
So it does differ with how like urban the place is, I guess.
It's true.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I remember when we went to New York, I went to the Blue Bottle.
Hmm.
Yeah, they have that.
Yeah.
And that was good.
Good coffee?
Yeah, coffee was good.
I have a question about the Blue Bottle coffee.
I've had several lattes from Blue Bottle coffee.
I don't know if they're good.
Are they good?
I mean, to the people who are really into coffee, I guess it's something special and
really like tasteful.
But like to the average drinkers, do you think it's accepted amongst the average drinkers?
It's a little bit like, you know, it has a twist to it.
Don't you think?
It's a little bit different.
In Japan?
You tried it in Japan?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So the thing is, I've never tried lattes.
So honestly, I have no idea.
But even the coffees, it's a little bit, it has a twist on it.
Don't you think?
I don't.
It's different from what you can find in like 7-Eleven coffees or Starbucks coffees.
True.
It's more, I don't know.
It's...
Watery?
Yeah.
Well, I mean, I'm sure it depends on the beans, but...
Right.
It's more, I guess, light and it's more like flavoury, I would say.
Yeah.
And smelly, you don't say that?
Like, how should I say that?
The aroma?
Yeah.
Great aroma?
Yeah.
If I compare to like, for example, like a Starbucks black coffee.
Starbucks is more like strong and like punchy.
Oh, okay.
I see.
So...
Yeah.
If I compare to like a convenience, the beans quality, Blue Bottle higher.
I don't know if I, if they make it into lattes, you know, the coffee should be like more stronger
than...
Yeah.
Right.
...than it now, I guess.
So you never have lattes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
No idea.
But coffee itself is good.
So...
Yeah.
Yeah.
To answer the person's question about the...
Good coffees in overseas?
Yeah.
For example, New York, Blue Bottle was good.
Oh.
Or I found little, or just like you said, little...
I was like, it's like an organic coffee.
They were selling little banana breads or like...
アメリカのコーヒースタイル
Oh, yes.
...organic cakes in a store.
Sure, sure, sure, sure.
Little really small ones, but I enjoyed that.
You tend to like the overseas coffee.
Like, I hear you every time we go to overseas, you're like, the coffee's good.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You're right.
Yeah.
I found good coffees, but at the same time, I faced little not...
Oh, okay.
...I'm not going to go this place anymore.
So you had both sides.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay.
I see.
But yeah, basically, not bad.
Not bad.
Not bad.
Yeah.
But at least the United States or UK, they make...
Or Australia, they make not like hand-dripped coffee.
Okay.
It's more like Americano.
You know, they...
Espresso.
Espresso with water.
Okay, yeah.
So a lot of different style.
Yeah, right.
Still good.
Still good.
Yeah.
So try many stores and you can find the one.
Yeah.
Yeah.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
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