Coffee Research
Kim Gayoung and Lee Nami recalled the moment they first met Liria.
“She suddenly disappeared.”
“I never imagined that another world actually existed.”
“I thought Liria looked like an elf, but I didn't know she was a real elf.”
“A real cute elf appearing right in front of us.”
“Right. She looked so cute. Her outfit was super unique too. And she's not an elf, she's a high elf.”
“Is it different?”
“It's very different. High elves are the superior race of elves.”
“So she's royalty.”
“She looks cute on the surface too.”
“She was really the cutest in the world. Or maybe the cutest in the universe.”
Kim Gayoung and Lee Nami recalled the moment they first met Liria.
Liria had chatted with them without a clue that they were from Earth.
They figured they must have been the first Earthlings to meet her.
But they had no intention of using her.
They couldn't even imagine using a girl as adorable as her.
They were ready to do anything for her.
“At first, since you spoke Korean, I thought you were Korean.”
“If you had been an alien, we wouldn't have been able to communicate. But we could.”
“Isn't translation magic a given in fantasy worlds?”
“We could understand English to some extent, but Liria's speech sounded exactly like Korean.”
Actually, there was something they didn't know.
Liria had initially conversed using translation magic for the Selenia common language, but after realizing she was in Korea on Earth, she switched to Korean.
She had lived in Korea for decades in her previous life, so she knew the language well.
“Magic is the best, as expected.”
“I really want to learn magic if I get the chance. But since we don't have mana circuits in our bodies, it's impossible.”
“I'm also super curious about items from the fantasy world. Can't we use them without mana?”
“From what I see, Liria seems to have enormous talent for magic. Judging by the trend, she must have arrived on Earth alone.”
“And she's incredibly smart. Luckily, it seems she won't be scammed on Earth.”
“We should help Liria well.”
“First, we need to research these coffee beans. These beans are no joke.”
Park Dahye decided to research the coffee beans Liria brought.
When they first roasted them, they smelled a sweet, nutty aroma they hadn't experienced before.
When they tasted them, they were shocked.
No sugar added, but the fragrant sweetness, acidity, and nuttiness spread in the mouth, making previous coffees seem like garbage.
No bitterness, so it was high-end coffee that even children could drink.
Plus, no sugar, so it was healthy.
“Forget the taste, the reason modern people drink coffee is because of caffeine. Normal coffee gives an awakening effect due to caffeine, so you can't sleep. What do you call this? It just feels like fatigue disappears? I was a bit tired, but now I'm completely fine.”
“When I drank 100%, it had an incredible effect. What about blending with 10%?”
“I want to experiment with 10%, but since my sisters will each drink a cup, I can't experiment with our current body states.”
“Honestly, if I don't sleep for 24 hours, I'll get tired.”
“Then shall we try without sleeping once?”
“Okay. If I can't sleep for about 24 hours, I might not sleep.”
The biggest reason modern people drink coffee is to forget fatigue and increase concentration due to the awakening effect in coffee.
But Eleas coffee doesn't make you forget, it actually eliminates it.
Even so, you can't stay awake forever, but it doesn't interfere with sleep.
“First, let's close the cafe door and sleep?”
“If it's something that forcibly prevents you from sleeping, you can't drink 100% freely. Because you can't sleep when you should.”
“If we can sleep after drinking Eleas coffee, that proves it.”
They decided to drink one more cup each and sleep.
Even the second one, the taste was so good that their lips curled up without realizing.
They waited 30 minutes for the awakening effect to appear, then decided to sleep.
After 30 minutes, they woke up.
“Oh no, I fell asleep without realizing.”
“This coffee is really amazing.”
“There are no side effects. You won't be unable to sleep just because you drank coffee.”
“I think in normal coffee, the awakening effect makes you forget fatigue and prevents sleep. But this coffee seems to eliminate fatigue itself, unlike normal coffee. So you can sleep when you want to sleep, and you can stay awake when you want to stay awake.”
“So that's why we could sleep.”
“The effect of coffee seems really good.”
“Then let's research coffee from now on.”
“Yeah. Let's try.”
“First, we need to manage these coffee beans well. Someone might steal them.”
They decided to store the beans in a place only they know.
They accelerated their coffee research.
They roasted in stages to find the optimal.
It was difficult at first because the roasting time was different from normal beans, but they learned the right time.
They found that the roasting time for strong roast of normal beans and light roast of Eleas beans are almost the same.
After knowing the time, they tried strong, light, medium roast, but strong didn't suit.
Light roast allowed them to feel the unique taste and aroma of coffee, so they decided on light roast.
Next, choice of extraction method.
Normally, cafes use espresso machines a lot.
But Eleas coffee didn't need to mix with milk, and didn't suit espresso.
Drip coffee was better than normal, but the taste was too different, and the beans were too precious.
They realized Liria's coffee machine was the optimal.
Fortunately, Liria left the coffee machine, so they decided to extract Eleas coffee with Liria's machine.
“It says this coffee machine can also roast.”
“There's a picture of bean shape in the hopper.”
“Then shall we put it in here?”
About 30g, the hopper was full of beans.
But they didn't know how to roast.
But they quickly found the method.
“There's a button shaped like a bean?”
“Really?”
“You said Liria developed it, right? As expected from Liria.”
“She drew the pictures so it's easy to understand.”
They thought Liria was incredibly smart.
Even seeing the coffee machine for the first time, it was easy to understand how to use.
Park Dahye pressed the bean-shaped button.
Then the aroma gradually increased, and they realized it was properly roasted.
And when they judged it was roasted enough, it automatically stopped.
They decided to take out the roasted beans.
“Automatically stops. Amazing.”
“There's automatic system in this world too.”
“Then shall we try blending 10%?”
“Since the light roast time of Eleas beans and strong roast of our cheap beans are the same, it seems we can just put in 1:9 ratio.”
They mixed their cheap beans and Eleas beans in 9:1 ratio, put in the machine, roasted, then extracted coffee.
Then tasted one sip each.
Although fatigue recovery couldn't be confirmed because it was too refreshing now, they could confirm the taste.
The unique aroma and taste of Eleas coffee was evident, and the bitterness of cheap beans turned into sophisticated bitterness.
It was a taste completely different from normal Americano.
They were sure it would sell well even with just 10%.
But they could only sell to people who had tried it, so they needed to experiment with someone.
“Even with just 10% mixed, it's delicious enough.”
“Indeed, if fatigue recovery is properly proven, it has enough product value.”
“Then how should we set the price?”
Their cafe had become a high-end cafe, but they didn't want to sell too expensively.
They had originally thought of low-price coffee at around 2000 won, but due to Liria, it became at least 6000 won as low-price.
With 10% added, cost is close to 4000 won, so cost becomes 2/3.
They decided to sell 10% at 6000 won, 100% at 50,000 won.
They thought about mixing 20% too, but 10% had higher turnover.
“First, what about the cafe name? How about Elf Cafe? Since Liria is the protagonist.”
“That sounds good. High Elf Cafe has a weird connotation, but Elf Cafe seems fine.”
“Liria Cafe is also fine. But Elf Cafe has better connotation.”
They decided to name the cafe Elf Cafe.
Since Liria is the protagonist, there was no name more suitable than Elf Cafe.
“Then shall we do a free tasting event the day before opening?”
“That sounds good. We can get people's evaluations.”
“And let's make an official website for Liria too. We'll upload a lot of Liria's photos there.”
“Oh, good idea.”
“As expected from Dahye.”
“Hehe, thank you.”
They were looking forward to many things with Liria in the future.